Are trade and investment disputes subject to an environmental assessment?
• The Framework for Conducting EAs of Trade Negotiations was not designed to apply to trade dispute negotiations. However, this does not preclude the integration of environmental considerations into the policy development and decision-making related to a trade dispute. This outcome is facilitated by the processes in place within International Trade Canada to apply the 2004 Cabinet Directive on Environmental Assessment of Plans, Programs, and Policies to Memoranda to Cabinet that are considered by the Minister of International Trade.
