As Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Ankara for the annual NATO summit, Canada and Turkey have announced the launch of negotiations toward a free trade agreement.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a July 7 statement that, during Carney’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the summit, the two countries launched negotiations toward a “comprehensive, modern, and mutually beneficial” free trade agreement.
The PMO said the technical teams from both countries will work to define the “scope and ambition” of the agreement over the next few months, and prepare for the first round of negotiations.
The move follows a June agreement between Canadian and Turkish trade ministers to begin exploratory discussions aimed at concluding a free trade agreement….