Bureaucrats played up TPP advantages in Freeland welcome briefing

U.S. trade deals threaten Canada’s advantage, says a briefing binder prepared by Global Affairs.

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured at a World Economic Forum meeting in Davos earlier this year, was briefed by her department on the importance of engaging the public on the benefits of the TPP shortly after she took office last fall.World Economic Forum photograph by Benedikt von Loebell

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

June 1, 2016

Federal public servants played up the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to incoming Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland last fall, according to a briefing document prepared shortly after the federal election. Ms. Freeland, however, decided to take a ne...

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