February 5, 2007
JUST FOLD THEM INTO NAFTA:
Canada nears European trade treaty (STEVEN CHASE, 2/05/07, Globe and Mail)
Canada is quietly entering the latter stages of free-trade talks with Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, a treaty that would build on the $11-billion of annual business already conducted with this 47-year-old economic bloc.Posted by Orrin Judd at February 5, 2007 7:37 AMIf concluded, this would be the first free-trade deal Canada has endorsed in nearly six years and the first sign that Ottawa is serious about catching up in the global race to sew up preferential commercial partners.
The four countries negotiating with Canada make up the European Free Trade Association, a group of nations outside the European Union that recently declared they're confident a deal "could be concluded in the coming months."
Comments
The Canadian Empire is just buying off some allies in its coming war with the Viking overlords of Denmark over control of Hans Island. Add in the Swedes and the Poles and it'll have them surrounded.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at February 5, 2007 11:12 AMCanadian Empire ! What a notion.
Posted by: erp at February 5, 2007 3:52 PM
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