OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged European partners this
week to finalize Canada’s trade deal with the EU, a push that came with
his government facing a tough sales job at home: getting domestic firms
to use it.
week to finalize Canada’s trade deal with the EU, a push that came with
his government facing a tough sales job at home: getting domestic firms
to use it.
A recent government survey suggests the vast majority of small and
medium-sized exporters, which are positioned to benefit
from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, could very well be
asking: CETA who?
The survey said only seven per cent of the surveyed businesses were
familiar with details of the Canada-EU deal, while fewer than three
quarters had even heard of it. Only nine per cent said they took
advantage of CETA and 17 per cent planned to use it.