Canada asks Russia to unwind trade barriers

(Reuters)

Louise Egan
 
TORONTO

Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:20pm EDT
 
Canada urged Russia and other G20 countries on Friday to unwind trade barriers erected during the financial crisis as part of a G20 pledge favoring free trade to support the global economic recovery.
 

In an interview with Reuters, Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said leaders from the Group of 20 emerging and advanced economies meeting in Toronto this weekend should be held accountable for their promise not to adopt protectionist measures, endorsed at the Pittsburgh summit last September.
 
Russia was high on the list of protectionist offenders spotlighted in a Global Trade Alert report by independent economists this week.
 
 
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