Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion

Photo of Sharon KeoganSharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I apologise, I thought the Chair had forgotten about me.

I thought the Chair was doing a round-table and assumed he was coming to me.

Is it correct that CETA clarifies that governments may change their laws regardless of whether this may negatively affect the investment or the investor's expectations of profits? CETA includes an appeals mechanism which allows the correction of errors. Whom are these appeals made to?

With regard to the geographic indicators, Irish whiskey is mentioned a lot. I note Cyprus has turned down this particular agreement because of its cheese. I wonder what protection measures are there for Irish whiskey and Irish salmon. We have a number of products with PGI status. Will they also be given some sort of special status within this agreement?

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