Carney to address European Parliament as Canada pivots away from Trump
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Carney to address European Parliament as Canada pivots away from Trump
The visit comes as trade tensions between Ottawa and Washington escalate, with Canada accusing the US of attacking its sovereignty. #EuropeNews
Methinks that the best way to open up dialogue about possible EU membership is to express a desire for “something more than the EEA”. Another good idea would be to talk to Greenland, Iceland, the UK and Norway about forming some sort of “advanced EEA” with heightened cooperation with the EU. The EU will be more likely to make attractive offers if the other side includes more countries.
I don’t think the problem lies with the EU persé, but more because of internal Tradebarriers existing within Canada, between the Regions, see also this.
The UKs problem atm is the division and political instability. Norway and Iceland are already in a sort of EEA +. So, is Canada actually via the current trade agreement. Though some EU membercountries have yet to ratify CETA, provisionally it’s already there.
A greater efficiency with the EU and Canada is to be made by further streamlining intra federation trade, imo. Also, tbh, any new applicant would like to wait for the long awaited EU reforms proposal. I.e. streamlining the barriers and redtape, some documents are due in September, I hear.
TLDR; we must work some stuff out inside our systems too, and that will help us out more in the long run. Apart from that, I do think Canada will enter the EEA, though imo, it practically already has.