Implement and expand Canada's Free Trade Agreements globally.

What success looks like

Free Trade Agreements increase trade and investment, creating good middle-class jobs.

Government's narrative on progress

The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) entered into provisional application in September 2017 and has thus far been ratified at the national level by twelve EU Member States. The Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement entered into force in August 2017. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force on December 30, 2018. On September 30, 2018, the government completed negotiations toward a Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which was signed on November 30, 2018. Canada is also negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru), with the latest round having taken place in October 2018. In addition, Canada continues to engage China and India on expanding bilateral trade and investment and is working with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on exploratory discussions for a possible Canada-ASEAN free trade agreement. Canada and Israel signed the modernized CIFTA Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) agreement on May 28, 2018 and the bill to implement the modernized CIFTA was introduced in Parliament on October 23, 2018. The amended Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), including a chapter on trade and gender, entered into force on February 5, 2019. Canada and Mercosur launched FTA negotiations on March 9, 2018. The fourth round was held December 3-12, in Brasilia.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.