Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement

EENI- School of International Business

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

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

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

Description of the Sub-Subject: Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.

1. In 2011, Canada introduced the Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Welfare Act to implement the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
2. Entry into force of the FTA: October 2012.
3. Upon implementation, the Canada-Jordan 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 Civilisation and Jordan to the Islamic Civilisation.