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Do you want to give us your opinion on EU policies and influence their direction? Take part in shaping European policy by responding to the EU's commission consultations. They are interested in hearing your views and learning from your experience. Consultation on the Trade Policy Review Policy field: Trade Target group: All interested stakeholders Closing Date: 15/11/2020 Objective of the consultation The European Commission launched a major review of the [...]

CETA, the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, is turning three years old on September21st 2020, bringing the already successful Trans-Atlantic trading relationship to new heights. Customs duties or tariffs were eliminated on most products and the Agreement opened opportunities for manufacturers, exporters,importers, wholesalers,distributors, retailers and consumers on both sides of the ocean. In addition to making European and Canadian products more competitive in our mutual [...]

Thanks to the support of the EU delegation in Ottawa, EUCCAN has been very active since the beginning of the year. 2020 also marks our organization’s 25th anniversary. In this light, we are organizing a number of activities between September and December 2020. Check here the information on our series of webinar: One Week One Province Panel discussion: CETA – Three years after, working together for economic recovery CETA is [...]

Thanks to the support of the EU delegation in Ottawa, EUCCAN has been very active since the beginning of the year. 2020 also marks our organization’s 25th anniversary. In this light, we are organizing a number of activities between September and December 2020. Check here for information on our panel discussion: CETA – Three years after, working together for economic recovery Series of Webinar – One Week, One Province Do [...]

EUCCAN organized a webinar on Government procurement opportunities in the framework of CETA for companies from the European Union and Canada. Review this webinar by clicking on the image below.

While CETA will soon be celebrating its third year of implementation, EUCCAN has been working on the ground for the past 25 years to strengthen trade between Canada and the EU. The story began in 1995 with EUCOCIT (European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto) establishing the purpose of strengthening economic ties between Toronto and Europe. As part of the organization’s expansion efforts to become a country-wide European platform in [...]

Since July 2020, EUCCAN joined EBO Worldwide network. EBO (European Business Organisation) Worldwide Network stands as the only organization that represents European business interests in markets outside the European Union. It represents an active network in more than 45 key markets that serves European multinationals, as well as micro, small, medium and large companies. EBOWWn is the first global European network representing 30,000 businesses globally, and representing the voice of [...]

CUSMA, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, came into effect on July 1st perfectly in time for Canada day, replacing NAFTA. In Canada, it’s called CUSMA but in the US, it’s USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) and TMEC (Tratato Mexico-Estados Unidos-Canada) in Mexico. In effect since January 1st, 1994, the Trump Administration’s main reason for renegotiating NAFTA was to stop the flow of automobile assembly lines heading to Mexico. NAFTA had replaced the [...]