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Technology and Trade
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GATT
GATT was the worlds first multilateral free, this made it so all countries apart of the agreement couldn't give better deals to certain countries also making importing and exporting goods cheaper. The agreement was signed on October 30, 1947 by 23 countries at the start. -
GATT
This date was the day that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was put into action. -
Avro Arrow
Introduced on October 4, 1957, first flight took place on March 25, 1958. Newest and most improved aircraft, known as "skipping a century" of technology. The Avro Arrow was scratched due to lack of money. -
The Auto Pact
The Automotive Products Trade Agreement, also known as the Auto Pact. This pact was made in 1965 between Canada and the United States and was made to remove tariffs on all Automotive products and increase exports to the U.S. -
GATT
300 billion dollars were achieved in tariff reduction this year due to the agreement from 1947. -
Canada Arm
Canadas most famous robotic and technological achievement. The Canadarm made its debut on November, 13, 1981. The design of the Canadarm was the start of collaboration with Canada and NASA. -
The Blackberry
The Blackberry was founded in 1984 in Waterloo Ontario. The Blackberry was mainly used for business people. The Blackberry could send emails and brows the internet. In 2010 the company had some competition with Samsung and Apple. The company then decided to stop making phones and start just focusing on software. -
Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney was a Canadian politician. Brian was Canada's Prime Minister from September 17th, 1984 to June 25th, 1993. Brian brought in the Landmark Free Trade Agreement with the United States. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
Economic pact between Canada, USA , and Mexico to eradicate the hurdles faced with trade investments between the three countries. Allowed for free trade all across North America creating the largest free trade area in the world, and drastically improving trade relations throughout North America. -
GATT
This was the year that GATT was replaced by the World Trade organization or WTO for short.
