Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It will strengthen the middle class, and create good, well-paying jobs and new opportunities for the nearly half billion people who call North America home.
Canada is deeply saddened by the loss of life and terrible destruction wrought by the powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia yesterday. We offer our sincerest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died, and we hope for a swift recovery for those injured.
Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement regarding the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York from September 24 to 30, 2018.
Canada shares the global sense of outrage aroused by the findings of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar: the evidence of gross human rights violations and abuses committed in [Myanmar’s] Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states that would, if confirmed and proven, amount to grave crimes under international law.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York from September 24, 2018 to September 30, 2018.
On September 26 and 27, 2018, the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will welcome Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, to Montréal, Quebec. During the visit, Minister Carr and Commissioner Malmström will highlight how CETA has notably enhanced partnerships between Canadian and European companies.
