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World Trade
Competiton Policy, Consumers and the Multi-Lateral Trading System
Saturday, Mar 04, 2000Michael Janigan Executive Director/ General Counsel Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) Introduction While the objectives of trade liberalization are intimately tied to the potential economic benefits that will be provided to individual consumers in signatory nations, there sometimes appears to be some ambivalence on the part of WTO proponents to the idea of making such consumers a focal ...
International Trade Negotiations (July 1999)
Friday, Jul 30, 1999INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: COMMENTS ON APPROPRIATE POSITIONS AND OBJECTIVES FOR CANADA Public Interest Advocacy Centre General The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) represents the interests of Canadian residential consumers, with special attention to low income, senior, rural and other vulnerable groups. PIAC has particular expertise in the fields of public utility ...
Presentation to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Tuesday, Mar 16, 1999Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) Presentation to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade 1. PIAC would like to thank the committee for inviting us to present comments and recommendations which will help shape Canadian policies and priority objectives for the prospective World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. 2. PIAC is a national not-for-profit ...