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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment
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Hello. Thank you all for that very warm welcome. If I remember correctly, the last time we all met was on June 9, at the launch of the new Feminist International Assistance Policy.
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This week marks an important milestone in history and brings us all a step closer to achieving global peace and security. After more than 15 years of collective action among the international community, the world’s largest stockpile of declared chemical weapons, located in Russia, has been eliminated.
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Canadians count on the Government of Canada to create employment, ensure economic growth and strengthen the middle class. Growing Canada’s trade and investment relationship with new and rapidly growing markets is one of the main ways to achieve this goal and is, therefore, a top priority for the Government of Canada.
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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will welcome Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, and Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative, for the third round of negotiations on the modernization of NAFTA this Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26 and 27, 2017, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today successfully concluded the third round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The round took place in Ottawa, Canada from September 23 to 27, 2017. Negotiators made significant progress in several areas through the consolidation of text proposals, narrowing gaps and agreeing to elements of the negotiating text. Negotiators are now working from consolidated texts in most areas, demonstrating a commitment from all parties to advance discussions in the near term. In particular, meaningful advancements were made in the areas of telecommunications, competition policy, digital trade, good regulatory practices, and customs and trade facilitation. Parties also exchanged initial offers in the area of market access for government procurement.
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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will welcome Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, and Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative, for the third round of negotiations on the modernization of NAFTA this Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26 and 27, 2017, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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We are unreserved in our condemnation of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and will continue to call for the protection of the rights of all those residing in the Crimean peninsula.
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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement
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I am here to talk to you about the task Prime Minister Trudeau gave me at the outset. He said, ‘make trade real for people’.