Canada could have added leverage in trade talks with U.K. as activists push for stronger environmental protections

'The U.K. wants the same deal as the Europeans had—or better. I would sit back and say, 'Tell me what's in it for me?' says trade lobbyist Peter Clark.

The United Kingdom, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has indicated it wants to have free trade agreements with countries covering 80 per cent of U.K. trade by 2023. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Parsons/Flickr

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 2, 2020

With the United Kingdom pushing for a multitude of free trade deals as the Brexit transition period nears its end, Canada could be in a position of increasing leverage in trade talks with Britain, say analysts, while activists hope for increased environmental protections in a new pact. When the tra...

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