She discusses Europe’s rapid shift away from Russian energy and the most significant policy changes and the “policy entrepreneurs” who used the crisis to accelerate climate reforms at both the EU and national levels. Next, Dr. Schreurs examines Russia’s deepening energy ties with China to bypass sanctions and what that means for Europe’s growing dependence on China for clean-energy technologies and the critical minerals behind them.

Dr. Schreurs also compares Canada and Germany, including the roles of federalism and EU climate legislation, and offers ways to overcome “fossil fuel legacies” without sparking major backlash or disruption. The interview closes by discussing how rising geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the transatlantic partnership are shaping energy policy in Europe and Canada.

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The EU Policy Videos are a series created by the Centre for European Studies (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence), which brings together scholars to discuss pertinent issues relating to the European Union and its policies. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is co-funded by the European Union.

The European Commission’s support for the production of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence publications does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

The webinar was originally presented on 27 January, 2022.

This round table discussed how the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation’s role is shaping data governance and the way that businesses operate in both the EU and Canada. Presenters cover:

• A thorough overview of the GDPR and its consequences for data governance in the EU, as well as other digital policies that the EU is beginning to institute in an attempt to level the playing field between individuals and corporations, improve data sharing, and get the EU ready for greater market participation in markets like AI
• The impact that the GDPR has had on EU businesses, small, medium, and large, including the fragmentation of the single-market with regards to data caused by non-standardised approaches to digital policy enforcement by member-states
• The current playing field for Canada with regards to its digital policy and data privacy protection, including its adequacy agreement with the EU, past and current federal and provincial digital privacy policy proposals, and what the future of Canada’s digital privacy will look like.
• How the proliferation of digital policy frameworks could impact Canadian businesses, including CETA, CUSMA, and the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce
• A round of questions led by moderator, including questions about whether the GDPR offers businesses advantages and if Canada is doomed to fragmentary digital privacy policy
• Questions from the audience, including how the GDPR might interact with policies like the Green Deal and what the ability of the EU is to push for digital standards in trade

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Also available at the . The webinar was originally presented on 24 November, 2021.

Discussion of the geopolitical deadlock and humanitarian crisis between Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus with some discussion of Russia. Speakers covered a range of topics about the migrant crisis, including:

• The motives of President Lukashenko’s use of the crisis as an attempt to force EU countries to end sanctions and engage with Belarus.
• The narratives coming from the countries involved as well as Russia, and the Polish narrative as the last defence of Europe against the migrants.
• The historical factors around Soviet Border control and the legacy of this system in the current situationl.
• Russia’s public diplomacy in relation to crisis, and the way it has made use of the crisis.
• The EU’s eastern policy and the impact of the crisis on this policy, and whether the eastern policy has been at all successful.
• The EU narrative of the crisis and the framing of the crisis as not a migrant crisis, but rather an authoritarian attempt to destabilise democratic neighbours.

Timestamps for speakers are available on YouTube.

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Professor Viju-Miljusevic is one of the scholars associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. Her scholarly work focuses on the economic effects of trade policies applied within the EU, US and Canada, as well as European economic integration and EU enlargement.

Read about the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics and watch more available in the series of Transatlantic Trade Videos here.

This is an activity of the��Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, with the support of the����of the European Union, by���Ӱ�ԭ�� University, and Jean Monnet Network partner universities����(Belgium),����(Maine, USA),����(Austria) and����(UK).

Dr. Greer provides important insights into the EU’s challenges when it responded to the needs of its member states during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. The EU’s primary focus on economic integration expanded to managing an overwhelming health emergency. There was success in establishing a shared procurement and vaccine strategy and a new EU preparedness agency.

In the policy brief, he describes the three faces of the EU’s health policy. From public health coordination, patients’ rights and e-health initiatives to the market to fiscal governance, he focuses on how COVID-19 changed the EU’s health policy. Additionally, he suggests it is the third face, fiscal governance, to watch in the future. As member states move forward through the pandemic in the next few years, it is unclear if the funding and commitment by member states will continue for the EU’s health policy.

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is Professor of Health Management and Politics, Global Public Health and Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is Senior Expert Advisor on Health Governance to the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels. His books include the edited Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policies of COVID-19��(2021) (open access link��) and Everything you always wanted to know about European Union health policy but were afraid to ask��(third edition, Oct. 2021). He was a guest presenter for a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence webinar earlier this year in June.

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The written report summarizing the key points from the presentations and discussion is available here.

Armand de Mestral (McGill University) and an expert international panel provided their perspectives on the prospects for a North American free trade area, also referred to as an Atlantic Free Trade Area (AFTA).

The panel, moderated by Crina Viju-Miljusevic (�Ӱ�ԭ�� University) included:

• Özlem Atikcan (University of Warwick)
• Marc Bungenberg (Europa-Institut and University of Saarland)
• Michelle Egan (American University)
• Ricardo Ramirez (RRH Consultores, S.C.)
• Sylvie Tabet (Global Affairs Canada)

This event was organized by ,��Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law and��,��CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, at the University of Ottawa. The event is co-sponsored by the��Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at���Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence activities are hosted with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Want to find out more? Visit the CETA Business Lecture Series page here for more videos. This is a series of events which seeks to address the various impacts of CETA on Canadian and European businesses.

This event was co-sponsored by the Centre for European Studies Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence��at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University and the�� at the University of Ottawa, and was supported by the Faculty of Public Affairs Research Series��at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.��Jean Monnet Centre events are hosted with the support of the��.

The��CETA Business Lecture Series��addresses the various impacts the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has had on Canadian and European businesses. Presenters are senior executives with knowledge of Canadian companies doing business in the EU and European companies doing business in Canada.

The first event in the CETA Business Lecture series, “The Business of CETA Two Years In,” was held on March 9, 2020, at the University of Ottawa. Watch a video of the presentations here.

The second event in the series, “Covid-19’s Impact on Canada-Europe Business”, was held on December 2, 2020. A recording of the presentations is available and a summary report can be read here.

This event is co-sponsored by the��Centre for European Studies Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence��at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University and the����at University of Ottawa. Jean Monnet Centre events are hosted with the support of the��.