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Canada, Germany Working on Diversifying Trade in Face of US Threats

26 February 2025 7:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs.
Germany’s Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann says European ambassadors in Ottawa have been in touch with corporations on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how they can boost trade.
She says that while there’s a lot of interest in capitalizing on a trade deal that Canada and the European Union signed in 2017, both sides have work to do on identifying opportunities.
Bellman’s comments come ahead of the world’s largest trade fair, the Hannover Messe in Germany, where Canada is this year’s partner country….