In recent speeches, Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has called for a “Progressive Trade Agenda” that supports a more inclusive trade policymaking process to promote the international ambitions of Canadian SMEs and address inequalities at all levels that hold back the ability of women, minorities and the poor to participate fully in, and benefit from, international trade.

On September 27th, 2016 Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and the Institute of African Studies (IAS), along with The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) hosted a panel discussion on what a more progressive trade agenda might look like.