Minister Champagne to highlight benefits of international trade diversification and promote investment in Quebec
News release
April 2, 2018 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada
Canada’s top trade priority is to ensure that accessing global trade and investment opportunities benefits Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
To help maximize international trade benefits for the middle class, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, is speaking directly with Canadians during a cross-country tour called #TradeTalks.
From April 3 to 6, 2018, Minister Champagne will travel to Montréal, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Québec, Quebec, to promote Canada’s new Invest in Canada agency and how it will benefit businesses in the province. He will also highlight opportunities offered by trade agreements, such as the recently negotiated Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the recent application of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
In Montréal, the Minister will deliver remarks on the government’s trade diversification agenda at the Forum Ghislain Dufour du monde des affaires (Ghislain Dufour global business forum). In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Minister Champagne will announce funding under the Invest Canada - Community Initiatives export facilitation program and will participate in round-table discussions on Canada’s international trade agenda with local businesses and industry stakeholders. Finally, Minister Champagne will meet and visit local businesses in the Montréal suburb of Boisbriand.
Minister Champagne will close off this trip by giving the keynote address at the B7 Business Summit in Québec on April 6.
Quotes
“Canada is committed to achieving better, progressive trade agreements in order to expand our market diversification and provide opportunities for local businesses and hard-working Canadians. We will continue to tap into the enormous potential that free and fair trade represents for Canada’s economic growth and its contributions to a prosperous middle class from coast to coast to coast.”
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade
Quick facts
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Ninety-eight percent of Canadian and EU tariff lines became duty-free with the launch of CETA’s provisional application on September 21, 2017, creating new opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Combined, the CPTPP countries will eliminate over 95% of their tariffs, with the vast majority to be eliminated immediately upon the CPTPP’s entry into force.
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