Industry Minister Tony Clement and his Israeli counterpart, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, have committed to negotiate a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to ease the importing and exporting of telecommunications equipment between Canada and Israel.
Such agreements are already in place with the European Community, the European Free Trade Area countries, Switzerland, members of the Organization of American States and members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
An MRA will broaden trade opportunities for Canada’s telecommunications industry and provide access to Israel’s latest communications technology for Canadian industry and consumers. I look forward to having Canadian and Israeli officials meet to begin negotiating the MRA for telecommunications equipment.
Industry Canada officials are expected to travel to Israel early in 2010 to begin negotiating the MRA.
For the past two years, Israeli telecommunications firms have been actively participating in The Canadian Telecom Summit and a number of these firms are already actively working with Canadian service providers and manufacturers.
The 2010 Canadian Telecom Summit will take place June 7-9, 2010 in Toronto. Planning has already started and registrations are open.
Mark the dates in your calendar and be there!