At the December 2002 Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa, leaders issued a joint statement to design a forward-looking, wide-ranging bilateral trade and investment enhancement agreement.
On 18 March 2004, at the Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa, leaders agreed to a framework for a Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA). In December 2004 the government of Canada and the EU Commission adopted a voluntary framework for regulatory cooperation. The first round of negotiations towards the TIEA took place in Brussels in May 2005. In 2006 Canada and the EU jointly decided to pause negotiations.
On 27 April 2009, EU Member States adopted a
negotiating mandate to implement a new economic free
trade agreement between the EU and Canada: The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The
negotiations were
officially launched
during the EU-Canada Summit on 6 May 2009, in Prague,
Czech Republic.
The first meeting for the Comprehensive Economic
and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European
Union was held on 10 June 2009. The first round of negotiations took place in Ottawa from 19 to 23 October 2009. On 18 January 2010, Canada and the European Union met in Brussels for the second round of negotiations. The third round of negotiations took place in Ottawa from 19-23 April 2010. The fourth was held in Brussels from 12-16 July, the fifth from 18-22 October 2010 in Ottawa, and the sixth round of negotiations took place in Brussels from 17 to 21 January 2011. Both countries held a seventh round of talks in April 2011 while the eighth round took place in during the week of 15 July 2011. The ninth round of negotiations was held in Ottawa from 17 to 21 October 2011.
|
