Friday, September 24, 2010

Canada Introduces Bill to Enact Panama Free Trade Agreement

(Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Theophilos Argitis)

Canadian Trade Minister Peter Van Loan introduced legislation today to implement the country’s free-trade agreement with Panama.

The trade agreement was signed in May, and will give Canadian companies access to the government procurement market in the Central American country, including the expansion of the Panama Canal, Van Loan said at the time.