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C-18 — An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia
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C-18
An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia
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BILL C-18
An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia
Last activity : Royal assent received
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Assented to
Commons · 1st2025-12-11Commons · 2nd2026-02-02Commons · 3rd2026-03-11Senate · 1st2026-03-11Senate · 2nd2026-04-15Senate · 3rd2026-05-05Royal assent2026-05-06
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What it does, in plain language
- Implements the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia, signed in Ottawa on September 24, 2025, and formally approves it.
- Creates the Indonesia Tariff (IDT): most goods originating in Indonesia enter duty-free, while certain categories see duties phased out over 5, 10 or 15 years (staging categories Y1, Y2, Y3).
- Drops any remaining duty to "Free" immediately once a scheduled reduction brings it below 2 per cent.
- Names the Minister for International Trade as Canada's lead representative on the Agreement's Joint Committee, with Ottawa paying its share of committee, expert group and panel costs.
- Lets the Canadian International Trade Tribunal investigate surges of Indonesian imports that seriously harm Canadian producers, either on a producer's complaint or a government referral.
- Allows Cabinet to impose bilateral emergency measures (pausing tariff cuts or adding a temporary duty) for up to two years, extendable to three years in total, and only once per type of goods.
- Bars lawsuits based on the Agreement or the Act's administrative sections without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada, apart from exceptions set out in the Agreement.
- States that neither the Act nor the Agreement applies to natural surface or ground water, and sets the start date by order of the Governor in Council.
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