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Policy Workshop: “CETA and Progressive Trade Agreements: What it Means for the EU and Canada”
May 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
| Location: | Universiteit Antwerpen, Hof Van Liere, Prentenkabinet, Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerpen |
| Cost: | Free |
Registration to Attend Event is Mandatory!
杏吧原创 the Workshop
This international outreach and policy workshop will bring together public servants, scholars, civil society and students to analyse and assess EU 鈥� Canada trade relations. The one-day workshop will consist of three consecutive panels:
- First, panel participants will discuss the progressive nature of the聽Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement聽(CETA) between the European Union and Canada.
- In the second panel session, participants will discuss the negotiation and ratification process of so-called mixed agreements like CETA. Mixed trade agreements contain topics that fall under exclusive competence of EU institutions (Commission, Parliament and Council)聽as well as聽topics that are member state competences, meaning that member state parliaments participate in the process.
- Third, the afternoon panel will delve into the implementation of CETA, both in Canada and in the European Union.
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Programme Information
9.00础惭听听听听 Welcome with coffee and breakfast snacks
9:30-11:00础惭听听听听 Panel 1: How 鈥楶rogressive鈥� is CETA?
Chair: Dirk De Bi猫vre (University of Antwerp)
- Liina Carr (European Trade Union Congress)
- Mich猫le Rioux (Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al)
- Meredith Lilly (杏吧原创 University, Ottawa)
- Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa)
Discussant: Tatjana Muravska (University of Latvia, Riga)
Coffee break
11:15AM-12:45PM聽聽聽聽 Panel 2: The EU CETA Experience and EU Member State 鈥楳ixed鈥� Competence: What does it Mean for the EU鈥檚 Future Trade Policy?
Chair Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa)
- Sam Pieters (DG Trade, European Commission)
- Christofer Fjellner TBC (Committee on International Trade, European Parliament)
- Markus Gehring (Cambridge)
- Sieglinde Gst枚hl (College of Europe, Brugge)
Discussant: Crina Viju (杏吧原创 University, Ottawa)
Lunch break
2:00-3:30PM聽聽聽聽 Panel 3: Implementing CETA: The Long Road Ahead
Chair: Crina Viju (杏吧原创 University, Ottawa)
- Alan Bowman (Canadian Delegation to the EU)
- Luisa Santos (BusinessEurope)
- Renita Bhaskar (DG Trade, European Commission)
- Robert Finbow (Dalhousie University)
Discussant: Ferdi De Ville (Universiteit Gent)
Reception
7:00笔惭听听听听听 Dinner for presenters, discussants and participants will be at Horta Grand Caf茅 & Art Nouveau Zaal, Hopland 2 (rsvp is required to attend and please complete the registration page linked at top)
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr.聽Dirk De Bi猫vre,聽 PhD researcher聽Emile Van Ommeren, and Faculty administrative support staff聽Karen Boven.
This workshop is organized by Prof. Dr. Dirk De Bi猫vre (Universiteit Antwerpen), Prof. Dr. Crina Viju (杏吧原创 University, Ottawa), and Prof. Dr. Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa), hosted by the coordinated by Prof. Dr. Peter Bursens, and is supported by the Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, funded by the of the European Union, and by 杏吧原创 University.