{"id":1284,"date":"2022-02-01T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/?page_id=1284"},"modified":"2023-01-15T01:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T06:34:32","slug":"malta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1766 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/Malta-Flag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/>Status: Ratified 26 July 2017<\/h4>\n<p>Malta has a unicameral system, requiring the House of Representatives to ratify CETA. CETA was ratified in July 2017, with formal notification of ratification in the same month. Two different governments, one led by the Labour Party and the preceding one led by the National Party, steered the process and ratified CETA.<\/p>\n<h4>Public debate<\/h4>\n<p>Contestation on CETA\u2019s ratification was limited in Malta. Opposition stemmed from CSOs that argued that CETA\u2019s investor-state dispute settlement provisions would erode environmental protections, labour rights and the enforcement of sustainable development. Opponent CSOs included Friends of the Earth.<\/p>\n<h4>Trade data<\/h4>\n<p>In 2021, Malta had a trade deficit in goods trade with Canada of \u20ac371 million (<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Canada-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics#Trade_with_Canada_by_Member_State\">Eurostat<\/a>). Imports from Canada were \u20ac389 million, which is 16% of Malta&#8217;s imports from outside the EU and the highest share for its extra-EU imports for Canada. Exports were \u20ac18 million, 1.4% of Malta&#8217;s extra-EU exports (<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Canada-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics#Trade_with_Canada_by_Member_State\">Eurostat<\/a>). Canada-Malta bilateral goods trade (imports + exports) decreased \u20ac536 million, or 83.8%, between 2016 and 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.international.gc.ca\/trade-commerce\/economist-economiste\/statistics-statistiques\/overview_canada_eu-apercu_canada_ue.aspx?lang=eng\">Statistics Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>Sources<\/h4>\n<p>Mifsud Bonnici, C. and Stellini, D. (September 2017). &#8220;Why CETA matters&#8221;. Times of Malta. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofmalta.com\/articles\/view\/Why-Ceta-matters.657348\">Link.<\/a><br \/>\nEschbach, A. The Ratification Process in EU Member States &#8211; A presentation with particular consideration of the TTIP and CETA free trade agreements. Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. <a href=\"https:\/\/ttip2016.eu\/files\/content\/docs\/Full%20documents\/Eschbach_Ratification-TTIP-CETA-in-EU-MS.pdf\">Link<\/a><br \/>\nEuropean Public Service Union. (June 2016). \u201cUnions and Civil Society are Mobilizing: No to CETA \u2013 a bad deal for workers and people.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epsu.org\/article\/unions-and-civil-society-are-mobilizing-no-ceta-bad-deal-workers-and-people\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/research-publications\/ceta-ratification-tracker\/\">Click here<\/a> to return to CETA Tracker: Main Page<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/eulearning\/\">Click here<\/a> for the Centre for European Studies, EU Learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Image:<\/u><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/flagpedia.net\">https:\/\/flagpedia.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Status: Ratified 26 July 2017 Malta has a unicameral system, requiring the House of Representatives to ratify CETA. CETA was ratified in July 2017, with formal notification of ratification in the same month. 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