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The
Energy Roundtable, a CERT initiative, an annual conference created to increase European cooperation and investment in Canadian energy
markets. The event facilitates strategic discussion and networking
amongst company representatives with considerable investments in the
two territories.
The 2010 Energy Roundtable will take place on October 4 & 5 in Calgary, Alberta. For further information,
consult www.energyroundtable.org |
Click here to view the joint declaration issued by business leaders on May 6th hailing the launch of negotiations on the EU-Canada comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
Click here to read an article by CERT Chairmen Bill Emmott and Roy MacLaren entitled Europe and Canada and published on May 6th in the International Herald Tribune. |
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The Canada Europe Roundtable for Business is dedicated to creating business opportunities between Canada and the European Union. Founded in 1999, CERT develops company-member interests by:
- Contributing recommendations to government to shape public policy and increase bilateral trade and investment.
- Hosting thematic, high-level meetings focused on developing strategic relationships between company executives and with government officials.
As a principal interlocutor with the Canadian government and the European Commission on public policy formation, CERT has been a strong advocate of comprehensive bilateral free trade and investment liberalisation. CERT has organized a campaign to generate CEO-level support for a greater level of ambition for the bilateral trade and investment relationship.
The result is a Declaration in support of a Canada-EU Trade and Investment Agreement that has been signed by over 100 Canadian and European chief executives and submitted to heads of government. At the EU-Summit Summit on May 6, 2009 in Prague, the leaders of the European Union and Canada announced 'the launch of negotiations towards a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. Such an agreement will provide for, inter alia, liberalisation of trade in goods and services between the EU and Canada, enhanced market access, investment provisions and improved rules on trade-related issues'. The full text can be found in the EU-Canada Summit statement
At the CERT Roundtable on the occasion of the EU-Canada Summit, left to right: Catherine Ashton, EU Trade Commissioner, Roy MacLaren, CERT Chairman, Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, Mirek Topolanek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Stockwell Day, Canadian Trade Minister, Jaroslav Mil, President of the Czech Federation of Industries.
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Canada Europe Roundtable for Business
