UK, Canada Start Negotiations on New FTA
The U.K. and Canada began negotiations on a new free trade agreement, the U.K.'s Department for International Trade said March 24. British Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met in Ottawa with Canadian International Trade Minister Mary Ng to launch the talks and build on the U.K.-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement. Areas of focus for the talks include "innovation, digital, data, the environment and women’s economic empowerment," the DIT said.
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The first round of talks is expected to officially commence this week. Trevelyan will co-chair the U.K.-Canada TCA Joint Committee meeting to discuss progress in areas such as trade and sustainable development, the DIT said. It said that the agreement will bolster the U.K.'s services sector, drop barriers for exporters and stimulate greater Canadian investment in the U.K.