- Work on trade relationship with the United States; have established a new Secretariat based in Washington to coordinate and facilitate better cooperation
- Build stronger trade relations with key developing countries, such as China, Brazil and India
- Continue to work to move the Doha Development Agenda forward
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- Diversify the products that are sold abroad, as well as the markets they are sold into
- Secure access to international markets through negotiation of trade agreements
- Work to reduce tariffs and trade barriers
- A Conservative government will seek a clear definition of what constitutes an export subsidy
- Eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers in commerce, labour and capital mobility through non-constitutional means
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- Seek new global trade rules that would protect human rights, labour standards, cultural diversity and the environment
- Water should be exempted under NAFTA, the World Trade Organization and other trade agreements
- Eliminate the investor-state dispute mechanism in NAFTA, or Chapter 11
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- Replace undemocratic, corporate-driven trade deals like NAFTA and the WTO with agreements based on the principles of fair and equitable trade
- Eliminate the investor-state dispute mechanism in NAFTA, or Chapter 11
- Refuse to sign any agreement that contains investor state mechanisms
- Work with countries world-wide to negotiate a fair trade agreement that respects existing environmental, social and labour treaties
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- Propose a reform of the World Trade Organization and recommend it be placed under the United Nations General Assembly
- Renegotiate trade agreements to include punitive damages for nations who fail to protect human rights or follow environmental guidelines
- Renegotiate international trade agreements to ensure that they protect each nation's ability to regulate health care systems
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