No ‘breakthrough’ to end nearly three-year pause in trade talks with Canada, says U.K. envoy

While Prime Minister Mark Carney has embarked on a swath of new trade negotiations, talks with the United Kingdom remain idle.
U.K. High Commissioner to Canada Rob Tinline says some 'pretty difficult issues' remain between the two countries where an agreement hasn't yet been possible.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY NEIL MOSS
September 16, 2026

More than 30 months since Canada-United Kingdom trade negotiations were called off by London, the top British diplomat in Canada says there hasn’t been a “breakthrough” to pave the way for the talks to restart.

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