Risottia wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
Well Canada/EU trade is more than three times Canada/UK trade, so clearly CETA is more important to Canada.
However, is there some clause in CETA saying that Canada can't make deals with any other country? That would be weird.
I don't think, but CETA still is in provisional validity because not every EU country has ratufied it -that's because many countries are still trying to get some extra protection for their interests, as many European citizens are afraid of the potential competition from Canada.
If you'd add to this the possibility for Britain to circumvene the upcoming tariffs between UK and EU by going through Canada, that would give a push for EU members to call for a further revision, or restriction or even dissolution of CETA.
Plus NAFTA/USMCA is far more important to Canada than the CETA or UK.
That has to be taken in to account as well. The US is far closer economically and more important than the UK for Canada.