Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement

Sub-subject: Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
2. International Trade between Canada and Jordan.
3. Agreements on Labor and Environmental Cooperation.

Sample of the sub-subject: Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Sub-Subject Description: Canada-Jordan (Free Trade Agreement).

1. In 2011, Canada introduced the Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Welfare Act to implement the Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
2. Entry into force of the FTA: October 2012.
3. Upon implementation, the Canada-Jorda Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will eliminate tariffs on the majority of normal exports of Canada to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
4. Top sectors of Canada that will benefit from the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement are forest products, manufacturing, agriculture, and agribusiness.
5. Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan finished negotiations for a Foreign Direct Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement in 2007.

Foreign Trade between Jordan and Canada.

1. Products exported from Canada to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: $66 million ($31 million in 2003).
2. The main exports of Canada to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan are paper and paperboard, vehicles, wood products, pulse crops, machinery and electrical and electronic equipment
3. Imports of Canada from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: $20 million ($6 million in 2003).
4. The main imports of Canada from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan are knit and woven apparel, inorganic chemicals, precious stones and metals, vegetables, and pharmaceutical products.

Canada belongs to the North American Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilization and Jordan to the Islamic Civilization.