Links Andrew Wiese, CBC News Online Open Markets Real Audio Trade consultant and author Katie MacMillan discusses Canada's position on the talks.
Trade underpins our economy.
More than 40 per cent of everything made in Canada is exported and one in three jobs depends on it, the government says. Over the last decade Canada has been at the forefront in the push for liberalized trade. So that whimsical protectionist measures by foreigners will not be allowed to disrupt our markets and won't threaten the hard work that Canadians go through in bringing our goods to market in foreign countries. Canadian grain farmers say subsidies going to their European rivals are putting their livelihoods in jeopardy. That reduces consumer choice and drives up prices.