Why Water is Covered by FTA/NAFTA/CUSMA
Following is a list of NAFTA articles that compromise Canadian sovereignty over our water resources and the proposed amendments that would fix the problem.
#1 Trade agreements apply to “goods”, “services”, “investments”
NAFTA Article 102 “eliminate barriers to trade in, and facilitate the cross border movement of, goods and services between the territories of the Parties, to increase substantially investment opportunities in the territories of the Parties, and to…expand and enhance…”.
#2 Goods are defined by the Harmonized Commodity Coding System”: