Abstract:

This paper aims to analyze European Union-Canada relations that have significantly enhanced in the last decade. Economic and security relations between the European Union and Canada have considerably improved in the last decade particularly after the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which are also milestones that would govern the parties’ long-term relations. Despite a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark regarding Hans Island, and Canada’s on-going opposition to the European Union’s Arctic Council membership, these frictions are not significant enough to jeopardize the current progress in relations, as analyzed in this paper. As long as both sides continue their powerful commitment to liberal democracy, free market economy and multilateralism, their cooperation is likely to intensify in the 21st century in the face of international economic and security problems.

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