Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Using trade negotiation simulations as a teaching and research tool

UK Trade Negotiations Skills Training (TNST) Project As a word-class trade negotiations training institution, CTPL was selected through a competitive process by the UK’s Department for International Trade to lead a 2-year Trade Negotiations Skills Training (TNST) project in order to help implement the UK’s post-Brexit trade policy strategy,... More

Monday, March 26, 2018

Event: Putting Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda into Practice

Ailish Campbell, Chief Trade Commissioner, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Trade, Global Affairs Canada welcomed the audience to a lively and practical discussion about how diversity in all its forms is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage for Canadian firms at home and in international markets.   .   Our special guest... More

Monday, November 28, 2016

Panel discussion: Defining Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda for Africa

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... More

Monday, November 28, 2016

Lunch and discussion with Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade Centre.

On October the 18th, 2016, The Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and Carleton University, in association with Cowater International and Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates had the pleasure of hosting Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva. Arancha González is an internationally-recognized thought leader... More

Friday, June 3, 2016

Roundtable discussion with Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

On October 9th, 2014 CTPL hosted Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, the WTO’s sixth Director-General, during his first visit to Canada. The roundtable discussion brought together trade experts from across Canada to discuss the challenges of the WTO and the possible contributions that Canada could make to resolving some of its key challenges the... More

Friday, June 3, 2016

CTPL’s 25th anniversary

On Monday, June 1, 2015, CTPL hosted a reception to celebrate the achievements of Professor Michael Hart, founding Director of the Centre For Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and inaugural holder of the Simon Reisman Chair in Trade Policy at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University. This event was part... More

Friday, June 3, 2016

Canada and Emerging Markets

CTPL served as the Secretariat for “Winning in a Changing World: Canada and Emerging Markets”, a NPSIA report on Canada’s trade and investment strategies for engaging emerging markets. The recommendations were well reported in the media and those related to the investment strategies of state-owned enterprises are reflected in current... More

Friday, June 3, 2016

Blueprint for Canada-US engagement under a new Administration

Blueprint for Canada-US engagement under a new Administration In January 2009, NPSIA, (www.carleton.ca/npsia) in collaboration with CTPL, released in advance of the first visit by US President Barack Obama to Canada a recommended Canada-US agenda on bilateral and global prosperity and security issues. The report was based on an 18-month study by... More

Thursday, December 17, 2015

CTPL partnership with Canadian University Dubai

CTPL and the Canadian University Dubai (CUD) are partnering to develop academic and professional programs to address the trade and investment challenges of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and developing countries. On June 18, 2015 the agreement was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding... More

Friday, December 11, 2015

CTPL cooperation with UNECA and the Africa Trade Policy Centre

CTPL is working United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) through the Africa Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) on a four-year project to support the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) negotiation process.   Support includes strategic and technical negotiating advice, policy research, trade negotiation training, trade policy outreach,... More

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Building a better think tank

CTPL conducted an evaluation of the sustainability of a multi-year trade capacity building investment during the 2002-2006 period by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac).   The main conclusion is that the investment is an example of how a good idea, good partners,... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Global Health Diplomacy Network, GHD-Net

The Centre for Trade Policy and Law served as the secretariat for the Global Health Diplomacy Network (GHD-NET), in addition to publishing the Health Diplomacy Monitor, the Health and Foreign Policy Bulletin and the Journal of Health Diplomacy. GHD-NET’s mission is to increase knowledge about GHD, improve training and education for those who... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

WTO implementation support to Bangladesh

CTPL worked with national research institutes in Bangladesh to develop further their capacity to undertake and disseminate practical, policy-relevant research in support of the implementation of Bangladesh’s WTO commitments as a result of the Uruguay Round... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

WTO accession implementation support to China

CTPL worked with China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade (MOFCOM) to address the transparency obligations that the country had recently assumed with its accession to the WTO in 2001. We also worked with 14 policy research institutes across the country to develop further their capacity to undertake independent policy-relevant research on the... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Trade readiness support to Central American governments

CTPL worked for five years with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to increase their institutional capacity to implement their national and regional bilateral trade negotiation agendas. We provided both in-house expertise and brought in Canadian governmental and nongovernmental institutional partners to address the... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Building a trade policy community in Russia

CTPL experts and associates collaborated with the Russian trade ministry and universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg for more than 10+ years leading up to Russia’s accession to the WTO in 2011. We worked with the independent CTPL Moscow to build a broadly-based trade policy community of practitioners, academics, private sector representatives... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Trade training capacity building in Cuba

CTPL worked with the Cuban Trade Ministry (MINCEX) and its training academy (INCOMEX) to develop professional training programs on trade and development issues to be delivered by INCOMEX instructors. CTPL and Cuban trade experts also worked together to develop specific training materials for the programs to address priority trade and development... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Practical advice on how to implement an effective trade negotiation strategy

CTPL’s relative strength is in providing practical advice and support from people who have “been there” in the development and implementation of a country’s trade strategy. This practical guide provides very useful advice on what to think about and how to plan at the design, negotiation and implementation stages of an international trade... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Helping Canada’s independent music industry be more successful in the US market

CTPL is working with the Canadian Independent Music Association to determine practical ways to improve the prospects of its members to expand into the US market. The focus of the study is on the prospects for increased business in the United States and the key border and behind-the-board issues that the independent music industry... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Gendered Impacts of Trade and Gendered Opportunities (GitGo) in the Caricom Countries

The GitGo project seeks to address key issues related to trade and gender through the development of online modules, readily available on YouTube. Our focus is on the Caribbean, with particular attention paid to women entrepreneurs operating in the region. International trade creates both opportunities and challenges for Caribbean countries, and... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Trade training capacity building with the University of Central Asia

The University of Central Asia (UCA) and the Aga Khan Foundation Canada have teamed up with CTPL to increase the capacity of this regional institution to provide academic and professional training in trade and development issues across their region. The collaboration is currently focused on academic support to UCA’s undergraduate international... More

Friday, October 24, 2014

Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) capacity building in Canada, Colombia and Peru

CTPL is working with the governments of Colombia, Peru and Canada to develop a practical road map for implementation of the mutual recognition agreement (MRA) provisions of Canada’s FTAs with these two countries. We are using engineering services as a case study given the mutual interests of all three countries in growing their respective... More