Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, are pleased to announce that Canada signed the Joint Ministerial Statement on Trade in Food and Agricultural Products. The statement re-affirms the central importance of science and risk analysis to protect public health while enabling the safe use of pesticides.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, will hold a media teleconference following the Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment at the 11th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Today, we celebrate 60 years since Lester B. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his creative and effective intervention during the Suez Crisis.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today issued the following statement
On International Anti-Corruption Day, we remind ourselves and the world of the corrosive power of corruption. It prevents societies from progressing and individuals from reaching their full potential. Corruption undermines governance, disrupts the market, diverts public resources, endangers lives and impedes development.
Lieutenant-General (Retired) the Honourable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations), will host a town hall meeting on NAFTA modernization on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Canada is a global leader in championing a rules-based international trading system and its institutions, including the World Trade Organization (WTO). Canada’s historic and ongoing role in shaping the multilateral trading system means working hard to improve and strengthen these rules and institutions for today’s global economy to benefit Canadians and citizens worldwide.