European Union-Canada Economic Agreement

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Syllabus:

1. The European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
   1. Key features of the European Union-Canada Economic Agreement
   2. Structure of the Agreement
   3. Advantages for exporters
   4. Elimination of Customs Duties
   5. Investment Court Systems
2. Foreign trade and investment between EU countries and Canada
3. The European Union-Canada Political Dialogue

Sample of the Sub-subject - The European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement:

Description of the sub-subject - the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) European Union-Canada:

The European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA):

1. Facilitates exports of both products and services
2. It eliminates 99% of customs duties (estimated savings of 400 million euros per year). 92% of European agri-food products will enter duty-free on the Canadian market
3. Eliminate several existing trade barriers
4. Open markets to investments
5. Encourages public procurement
6. Reinforces copyright

Conformity assessment certificates (toys, electrical equipment...) will be accepted, which will mean significant savings for exporters.

The liberalisation of trade in services between Canada and the European Union countries should contribute to GDP growth (50% for the EU and 45.5% for Canada). This liberalisation does not affect public services.

The European Union-Canada Global Economic and Trade Agreement will incorporate a new Investment Court Systems as well as the right of governments to regulate certain sectors (public health, security, consumer protection, etc.) for public purposes.

Status of the Global Economic and Trade Agreement European Union-Canada: pending approval. The European European Parliament approved it on February 2017.

The EU beneficiaries countries of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement EU-Canada are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden

Canada and the EU are members of the Christian Civilisation:

1. European Economic Area
2. North American Economic Area