06-07-2007, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ontario
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Canada pens free trade deal with 4 European nations
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories
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Canada has penned a free trade deal with four small European nations after nine years of talks, International Trade Minister David Emerson announced Thursday.
The agreement, with the European Free Trade Association, is the first deal of its kind in six years and the first ever with European nations.
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland currently conduct about $11 billion in two-way trade with Canada.
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The deal provides a phase-out of Canada's tariff over a 15-year period, with a grace period of three years before any cuts begin.
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Emerson also announced that Ottawa is launching free trade talks with Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and the Caribbean community.
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06-07-2007, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Its about time Canada expanded its free trade agreements beyond the US and Mexico.
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06-07-2007, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I've always thought that they should go for the EU instead of NAFTA. Expand their horizons!
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06-07-2007, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Sweet, I look forward to cheaper....uhhh... watches?
Talk about your low hanging fruit. Great news for us though.
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06-07-2007, 01:16 PM
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Director of the HFBI
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Calgary
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I always thought that "Liechtenstein" was a made up country for "A Knight's Tale". Guess I was wrong.
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06-07-2007, 01:37 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by arsenal
I always thought that "Liechtenstein" was a made up country for "A Knight's Tale". Guess I was wrong.
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Yeah, its pretty tiny all right... not sure if Andorra is bigger or not, they're both pretty tiny.
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06-07-2007, 01:46 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Yeah, its pretty tiny all right... not sure if Andorra is bigger or not, they're both pretty tiny.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein
Looks like a pretty interesting country.
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06-07-2007, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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The Swiss invaded Liechtenstein recently.
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According to the Swiss daily Blick, around 170 infantry soldiers from the famously neutral country wandered more than a mile across the unmarked border with the tiny principality.
The incident happened yesterday morning and the Swiss troops turned back - probably slightly sheepishly - after they realised their mistake.
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They probably want Canada to be peacekeepers there. 
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06-07-2007, 02:33 PM
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All four of those countries are non-EU countries, for those who don't know.
A free trade deal with any of the EU countries would have to be approved by the EU itself, I believe. Canada appears to have a special relationship with the EU, but that is not official in any way, and certianly not an indication of free trade capabilities with them.
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06-07-2007, 02:52 PM
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Hopefully this sheds a little light on the "stay the *&%$ away from our natural resources" topic with the U.S.
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06-07-2007, 03:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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Originally Posted by arsenal
I always thought that "Liechtenstein" was a made up country for "A Knight's Tale". Guess I was wrong.
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they lost 2-0 to spain yesterday in UEFA european championship qualifying...small stadium there.
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06-07-2007, 05:23 PM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Sweet, I look forward to cheaper....uhhh... watches?
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Chocolate Damn It, CHOCOLATE!
I want my chocolate and knives, get hyped up on the sugar high then go rob the corner store to score more money for my habit 
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06-08-2007, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Chocolate Damn It, CHOCOLATE!
I want my chocolate and knives, get hyped up on the sugar high then go rob the corner store to score more money for my habit |
Couldn't you just rob the corner store for more chocolate and cut out that second step?
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06-08-2007, 02:01 PM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Originally Posted by Slava
Couldn't you just rob the corner store for more chocolate and cut out that second step?
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hey us junkies don't think logically
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