Canada and Quebec join forces to promote trade with Europe

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, and Dominique Anglade, Quebec’s Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation...

Minister Freeland met with seven European counterparts on the margins of the G20 trade ministers meeting in Shanghai and while in London to discuss next steps on the signature and implementation of CETA.

Minister Anglade was in Germany with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to meet with business representatives and political leaders to discuss the benefits of CETA for all regions. The EU is already Quebec’s second-largest trading partner and export destination, and Quebecers stand to benefit significantly from this preferred access to the EU market...

This has been excerpted from 19 July 2016 news release by Global Affairs Canada.