Policy Brief (March 2009) by Armand de Mestral, McGill University with the assistance of Daniel Suss (BCL/LLB, McGill)
Canada and the European Union are embarking on what has the potential to become a very comprehensive bilateral economic agreement. The latest announcement delivered on March 5, 2009 in the Joint Report on the EU-Canada Scoping Exercise,9 outlined the areas to be negotiated and included a few interesting innovations. This commentary will discuss the potential for progress in this last issue.