Liberals ignoring promise for trade transparency as U.K. talks ‘commence,’ say critics

The Liberals had promised to give Parliamentarians greater oversight in trade negotiations in February to gain NDP support for the new NAFTA, but those agreed-upon changes have not been enacted.

NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says it is a 'real problem' that the Liberals haven't tabled notice of trade negotiations if those talks have begun in 'earnest.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 7, 2020

Opposition MPs say the Liberal government is ignoring an agreed-upon change that gives Parliamentarians more transparency over trade deals by not alerting the House of the start of trade negotiations with the United Kingdom after the top U.K. trade official said those talks have “commenced.” Wh...

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