Canada–European Union relations

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Relations between Canada and the European Union (EU), and its predecessors, date back to the 1950s. Since then, they have grown from a primarily economic relationship, into a partnership including cooperation on trade, foreign policy, security, defence, energy, and science. The EU has described Canada as "global strategic partner" and a "trusted partner for Europe", and the EU is Canada's second-largest trading partner. While the relations were historically less important than Canada's ties with the United States and the United Kingdom, they have deepened from the 1970s onwards and expanded further since the 1990s. This led to the Canada-EU Free Trade Agreement, which has been provisionally applied since 2017 and is among the most far-reaching free trade agreements the EU has concluded with a third country. That same year, the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which broadened cooperation to include human rights, security, sustainable development, and justice, entered into force. Security...

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