The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a progressive trade agreement between the EU and Canada. It entered into force provisionally in 2017, meaning that most of the agreement now applies.
All national (and in some cases regional) parliaments in EU countries need to approve CETA before it can take full effect.
CETA features some of the strongest commitments ever included in an EU trade agreement, including on promoting labour rights, on protecting the environment, and on sustainable development. CETA integrates EU and Canadian commitments to apply international rules on workers' rights, environmental protection and climate action. These obligations are binding.
The benefits of CETA include the following:
The full text of the deal with chapter summaries in plain English.
The EU and Canada meet annually in bilateral summits and in the committees and dialogues set up by the agreements to review a range of issues relating to EU-Canada economic and trade relations.
Find out more about the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
What's CETA and what'll it do? The EU-Canada trade deal explained in plain English.
CETA means reduced or zero tariffs at Canadian customs for EU businesses. Register here to take full advantage.
The EU and Canada work together so that the EU-Canada trade agreement also benefits EU and Canadian SMEs.
