The voice of Quebec in the CETA negotiations
| Author | Patrick Muzzi,Véronique Bastien,Pierre Marc Johnson |
| Published date | 01 December 2013 |
| Date | 01 December 2013 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020702013509320 |
| Subject Matter | Policy Briefs |
International Journal
68(4) 560–567
!The Author(s) 2013
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Policy Brief
The voice of Quebec in
the CETA negotiations
Pierre Marc Johnson
Heenan Blaikie, Montreal, QC, Canada
Patrick Muzzi
Ministe
`re des Finances et de l’E
´conomie, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ve
´ronique Bastien
Heenan Blaikie, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract
Canada and the European Union (EU) began negotiating a comprehensive economic and
trade agreement (CETA) in May 2009. The authors survey both the process and the
content of CETA from the perspective of the province of Quebec. For the first time,
Canadian provinces and territories have fully participated in international trade nego-
tiations that will impact them directly and engender important economic benefits.
CETA will ensure that Canadian provinces and territories obtain real market access
for their goods and services to the EU’s 500 million consumers. It will encourage and
increase foreign investment as well as create further labour mobility between Canada
and the EU. Quebec will benefit from a growing and deeper relationship with the
EU through trade and cooperation, thereby fostering economic globalization and
integration.
Keywords
CETA, Quebec, negotiations, labour mobility, market access, investment, culture,
European Union
A respectable majority of policy analysts and practitioners believe that greater free
movement of goods, services, and capital promotes both economic growth and the
common good. Such thinking underlies the negotiation of international trade
agreements, be they multilateral, like the World Trade Organization (WTO), regio-
nal, like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or bilateral, like
Corresponding author:
Pierre Marc Johnson, G.O.Q. FRSC, Heenan Blaikie, 1250 Bd Rene
´Le
´vesque W, Montreal, QC H3B 4Y1,
Canada.
Email: pjohnson@heenan.ca
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