A possible free trade agreement (FTA) with China represents a great opportunity for Canada, since it would give the latter preferential access to the world’s third-largest economy after the European Union and the United States. It would also help level the playing field for Canadian businesses vis-à-vis their Australian, New Zealand and Swiss competitors, which operate under FTAs that their countries have signed with China. This special report examines the opportunities and challenges of a possible FTA between Canada and China in order to provide a road map of ideas that the federal government should consider were it to enter into proper negotiations.
