LAW 724 Lecture Notes - National Energy Board, Single Desk, Chapeau
6 Mar 2014
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Similarities between provisions in nafta and wto. Why canadian culture might not be protected under nafta. Nafta rules for trade in services and movement of labour, and how protection for trade and labour developed. Dispute settlement methods and the facts behind the softwood lumber dispute. The debate about the rights of foreign investors in canada. Created partially out of frustration with lack of progress in general agreement on tariffs and trade (gatt) with talks in uruguay rounds. Because canada and the u. s are dependent economies, they sped things up and created their own shit. Mexico entered talks with canada and the u. s. to add on to cfta and nafta was created jan 1994. Canada participated so that the u. s couldn"t form trade agreement alone with mexico so it would have more influence on the trading corner and u. s. would gain bargaining power over mexico. Both gatt and nafta are similar as: both agreements national treatment rule (originated from gatt)
