Sentences with phrase «multilateral trade negotiations»

The idea was that it is easier to reach ambitious agreements through multilateral trade negotiations dealing with many issues at once than through piecemeal bilateral agreements.

Stronger Ties: CETA Tariff Elimination and the Impact on Canadian Exports shows that average tariffs on merchandise in Canada and Europe are low, thanks to years of successive bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations.

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Mr. Melby was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1987 to 1993, during which he participated in bilateral and multilateral trade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export conttrade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export contTrade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export controls.

Mr. Black continued, «Against the backdrop of tense NAFTA negotiations in Montreal this week, proceeding with a multilateral trade agreement that retains the majority of the terms negotiated for the TPP assures that Canada's exporters will have new avenues to pursue diversified markets around the Asia - Pacific.»

The policy challenge will be to find the equilibrium between the legitimate domestic concerns of national governments and the free trade rules of multilateral arrangements such as concluded by the GATT negotiations.

A previous enthusiasm for a multilateral approach to trade negotiations at the global level appears lately to have given way to a preference for bi-lateral deals.

As a trade negotiator, Mr. Woods played a key role in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations.