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Trade Barriers
Canada is actively expanding its influence in the Asia-Pacific region, a significant area projected to host most of the world's middle class and a substantial portion of global GDP by mid-century.
How?
Agreements
Arrangements
Facilitate trade by streamlining conformity assessment procedures for a wide range off telecommunications and telecommunications related products
When?
September 25th 2013
Where?
Canada
Why?
Applied to mitigate against health and environmental risks, to prevent deceptive practices, and to reduce transaction costs in business by providing common reference points for notions of 'quality', 'safety', 'authenticity', 'good practice', and 'sustainability'
What?
Products that are tested and certified before exportation can enter the importing parties territories directly without having to undergo similar conformity assessment procedures once they arrive
Who?
Canada
Republic of Iceland
Principality of Liechtenstein
Kingdom of Norway
Example: Industry Canada's Mutual Recognition
How?
If individuals are non-residents for tax puposes, which is usually the case, they need to only report and pay tax on their income earned in Canada
Why?
Canada's rules for taxing non-resident real estate investors are generally not of revision, and the Canadian Revenue agency is adequately empowered to enforce the rules.
When?
August 2010
Where?
Asia and North America (Canada)
What?
Businessmen in Hong Kong and Shanghai who own houses in Vancouver not paying taxes on their foreign business income in Canada
Who?
Honk Kong
Shanghai
Canada
Example: Taxation of Foreign Investment inn Canadian Real Estate
How?
Anyone in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada is required to freeze any property in their possession or control belonging to the previous Iraqi Government
Why?
UN imposed comprehensive sanctions on the regime of Saddam Hussein in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
When?
August 2 1990
Where?
Iraq
What?
Prohibition on the exports of arms and related material to anyone in Iraq
Who?
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
UN
Canada
Canadians
Example: Canadian Sanctions on Iraq
How?
It would affect Canada and South Korea
Why?
They did it for Canada's safety and to regulate the weapons being entered and leaving Canada.
When?
October 14 2006
Where?
Canada and North Korea and South Korea
What?
Prohibition to the export of all arms and related material, with exception of small arms and light weapons and their relaxed materials
Who?
Canada
North Korea
Travellers Security Council
1718 Committees
Example: Arms embargo with North Korea
How?
Canada attempts to attract up to 285,000 new immigrants in 2015
Example: Programs
Why?
For prospective immigrants, this report helps to paint a fuller picture of what can be expected
When?
Operation scheduled to come in January 2015
Where?
All over Canada
What?
Allows temporary foreign workers with at least one year of Canadian work experience to apply for Permanent Resident Visa
How?
Without these things, the conventional wisdom goes and you're not getting much benefit from solar energy.
Why?
Government wants more efficient ways of using energy.
When?
Solar panels were invented in 1839 by Alexandre Edmond Becquerel and were then encouraged to be used by everyone to help save the environment.
Where?
You need to live in a sunny climate and most importantly you need the solar panels facing south
What?
Create energy and it saves electrical energy.
Who?
-Home owners
-Electricity Companies
-The Government
Example: Solar Panels
Example : Trans Pacific Partnership
WHO?
Skilled Economic Immigration
Family Sponsorship
Refugee and Humanitarian Programs
How?
It benefits Canada by :
•Agricultural and Agri-food Products
•Fish and Seafood
•Forestry and Value-added Wood Products
•Services and Financial Services
•Industrial Goods and Consumer Products
Why?
Its a free trade agreement that could turn this into a potential single market for many businesses.
When?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was drafted on October 5th 2015.
Where?
The TPP trade agreement was made in the United States.
What?
An agreement that will increase Canada’s foothold in the Asia-Pacific, a region that is expected to comprise two-thirds of the world’s middle class by 2030, and one-half of global GDP by 2050.
WHO?
12 Countries
•Australia
•Brunei Darussalam
•Chile
•Japan
•Malaysia
•Mexico
•New Zealand
•Peru
•Singapore
•United States of America
•Vietnam