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International Restructuring Newswire
Welcome to the Q3 2025 edition of the Norton Rose Fulbright International Restructuring Newswire.
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Global | Publication | September 2017
Today, September 21, the landmark trade deal between Canada and the European Union (EU), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA or the Agreement), comes into provisional effect after almost a decade of negotiations. Provisional application of CETA is a milestone achievement that ushers in a number of significant changes to the Canadian legal and regulatory landscape, including the following:
CETA’s provisional application also means that ground-breaking provisions related to reducing non-tariff and regulatory barriers, streamlining cross-Atlantic trade in services, providing for temporary entry and stay of international personnel for business purposes, recognizing professional qualifications, and protecting European geographical designations are also in effect.
CETA will fully enter into force once the national parliaments of all EU member states ratify the Agreement in accordance with their domestic requirements, which could take several years and continues to face many challenges. The sections of CETA that will not come into effect until the Agreement is fully ratified include most of the investment provisions in Chapter 8 and certain provisions of Chapter 13 (Financial Services) insofar as they concern portfolio investment, protection of investment or the resolution of investment disputes between investors and states.
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Welcome to the Q3 2025 edition of the Norton Rose Fulbright International Restructuring Newswire.
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Canada is well-positioned to be a leader in Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”).
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Hydrogen has long been of interest as a low emission or emission-free energy source. For Canada, its use, production, and transportation loom as a new energy disruptor. As a fuel, hydrogen is a clean power source that when combusted, produces no carbon dioxide emissions, only water vapour. Some methods used to produce hydrogen do, however, generate emissions.
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