New Icelandic envoy seeks trade talks with Canada to update EFTA deal ‘sooner rather than later’

The EFTA trade agreement should be revisited and should include more than just trading goods, says Pétur Ásgeirsson.
Pétur Ásgeirsson arrived in Canada in November and says his top priorities in Canada will be looking at renewing the European Free Trade Association agreement and tourism.
For his second posting overseas, the new Icelandic ambassador says his priority in Canada will be to cultivate stronger trade relations by championing a renewed agreement with the European Free Trade Association and to maintain the thriving tourism industry between the two countries. Pétur...

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