What is Canadas position regarding the exclusion of public services from the FTAA agreement?
• Canada fully supports such an exclusion. All trade agreements covering services and signed by Canada exclude, in one way or another, public services. • In addition, nothing in Canada’s international trade agreements forces countries to privatize or to deregulate their public services. • As was the case in the NAFTA, Canada’s initial FTAA offer preserves Canada’s right to adopt or maintain any measure for public services.
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