This is a skills development-focused course on how to design and negotiate a forward-looking bilateral preferential trade agreement between Canada and a major trading partner. The course is highly-interactive, using a simulation of a hypothetical Canada-China Free Trade Agreement to provide hands-on experience in how to prepare, conduct and finalize a trade agreement to advance Canada’s commercial interests in the world. The course is designed and delivered by former senior Canadian trade negotiators and diplomats to make the course as practical and “real world” as possible.

Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• design an effective trade negotiation strategy to advance Canada’s commercial interests
• develop negotiating positions, participate in trade negotiation delegations, and know how to achieve a successful negotiating outcome;
• use different strategies and tactics to manage effectively each stage of the trade negotiation process; and
• draft and negotiate the legal text for an international trade agreement to which Canada could be a signatory.

Cost: $1,950 + HST ($1,450 + HST for registrations before February 20, 2015)