Ontario. Trade Policy Branch

• Direction des politiques commerciales

• Trade Policy Branch

• Trade and International Policy Branch (1998-2009)

The Trade Policy Branch was formed within the Policy and Development Division of the Ontario Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology in 1991. The immediate precursor of the Trade Policy Branch was the Industry and Trade Policy Branch within the same division, which was also briefly known as the Industry and Sectoral Policy Branch.

The branch has reported to the Policy and Development Division (1991-1993), the Policy Division (1993-1996), the Strategic Analysis, Sectors and Technology Division (1996-1997), the Employment and Business Development Division (1998-1999), the Corporate and Field Services Division (1999-2000), the Employment and Business Development Division (2000-2003), the Competitiveness and Business Development Division (2004-2005), the Industry Division (2006-2009), the Strategic Policy and Programs Division (2010), the Strategic Policy Division (2011-2013), the Policy and Strategy Division (2013-2016), and the Business Climate and Funding Administration Division (2016-2018) .

From 1998 until 2009, the Trade Policy Branch was renamed the Trade and International Policy Branch. In 2010, the Trade and International Branch reverted back to its previous name, the Trade Policy Branch.

The Trade Policy Branch currently reports to the Business Climate and Funding Administration Division within the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.

The Trade Policy Branch performs five basic functions: works with the federal government, other provincial governments and industry to negotiate trade and investment agreements which remove barriers to business development and which improve market access; provides advice on the implications of trade and investment agreements and trade law for both private and public interests; tracks trade and investment issues in order to provide early warning of problems and to avoid disruptions and disputes; provides strategic and legal support to the government and industry in managing trade disputes involving the province; and plays a federal-provincial and international relations role, both on trade issues and broader economic developmental concerns. Branch work relates to both international and internal (interprovincial) trade and investment issues.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

KWIK Indexes for the years 1991-2004 (except for 1998, which was not published).

Government telephone directories for the years 2006-2018.

Archivist(s):
Robert Anger / Coffey