Canada’s Sustainable Trade Impact Assessment

The Sustainable Trade Impact Assessment (STIA) is Canada’s new model for evaluating how trade negotiations may affect people, communities and the environment. The STIA replaces and integrates the Department’s two previous trade impact assessment processes: Environmental Assessment (EA) Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) Starting in 2025, all new trade negotiations will be assessed using the STIA framework. Trade negotiations launched before this date may follow the previous EA and GBA Plus approaches. By bringing these analyses together, the STIA ensures that Canada’s trade policies and agreements promote sustainability, transparency, and inclusion while creating opportunities for economic growth and trade diversification. This process strengthens Canada’s competitiveness and resilience by aligning trade goals with environmental responsibility and inclusive growth in a fast-changing global economy.

Publisher

Global Affairs Canada

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2026-07-20