Diplomatic Circles

Rise in protectionism reason for Canada, EU to work more closely: outgoing envoy

Taking over from Marie-Anne Coninsx in September will be a Latvian member of the EU foreign policy chief's cabinet.

Marie-Anne Coninsx finished her posting as EU ambassador to Canada and left July 25 to go back to Belgium to start a new job. The Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

July 26, 2017

The European Union's departing ambassador says a rise in protectionism and its threat to free trade is cause for Canada and the EU to work together even more closely, as the free trade deal between the two is finally set to come into force provisionally in September. A delay of more than two months...

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