{"id":1128,"date":"2011-05-15T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2011-05-15T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T14:00:10","slug":"commentary-changing-canada-canada-eu-free-trade-by-robert-hage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2011\/commentary-changing-canada-canada-eu-free-trade-by-robert-hage\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: &#8220;Changing Canada: Canada-EU Free Trade&#8221; by Robert Hage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary (May 2011) by Robert Hage, Former Canadian Ambassador and Director General for Europe and Legal Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<\/p>\n<p>Canada and the European Union are engaged in an under-the radar trade negotiation which, for Canada, will lead to the most important economic agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is Canada, as third attempt to strengthen its economic relationship with the EU. 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