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The mission of the Canada Europe Roundtable for Business is to promote and strengthen trade and investment dialogue between the EU and Canada in the bilateral and global economic interests of both industry and government. To this end, CERT acts as a high-level catalyst, enabler, facilitator and issue solver.
The mission of the Canada Europe Roundtable for Business is to promote and strengthen trade and investment dialogue between the EU and Canada in the bilateral and global economic interests of both industry and government. To this end, CERT acts as a high-level catalyst, enabler, facilitator and issue solver.

The Canada Europe Roundtable for Business - CERT is the leading association dedicated to creating business opportunities between Canada and the European Union. Founded in 1999, CERT actively 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 a comprehensive Canada-EU trade and investment framework agreement, with the goal of eventual transatlantic free trade. Commencing in early this year, CERT organized a campaign to generate CEO-level support for a greater level of ambition for the bilateral trade and investment relationship.

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The Energy Roundtable, a CERT initiative, is an annual conference created to increase bilateral investment in Canadian and European energy markets. The event facilitates strategic discussions and business networking amongst key company representatives with considerable investments in the two territories. The 2008 Energy Roundtable will take place on September 29 & 30 in Calgary, Canada. For further information, consult www.energyroundtable.org

 

The result is a Declaration in support of a Canada-EU Trade and Investment Agreement signed by 88 Canadian and European chief executives and submitted to heads of government in advance of the June 4 EU-Canada Summit in Berlin, Germany . At the Summit the Government of Canada and European Commission committed to concluding a Regulatory Cooperation Agreement, as well as a joint study on closer economic partnership. Leaders will review the results of this study at the 2008 Canada-EU Summit with a view to pursuing closer economic integration. Click here for the full Summit statement.

Click here to view a recent article by Hon. Roy MacLaren, CERT's Canadian Chairman, on why governments should launch a comprehensive Canada-EU trade and investment initiative.