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Canada - United Kingdom
  Background and Negotiations
    On November 21, 2020, Canada and the United Kingdom reached an "agreement in principle" to roll over the current EU-Canada trading arrangements and begin negotiations of a new, beskpoke Canada-UK trade deal in 2021. This agreement rolls over provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) until there is a new trade deal.

Documents relating to the negotiations
21 November 21 2020 Canada and the United Kingdom reached to an "agreement in principle" to roll over the current EU-Canada trading arrangements and begin negotiations of a new, beskpoke Canada-UK trade deal in 2021 PDF Document
Source: Department for International Trade, UK

  Entry into Force
    On December 9, 2020, the Government of Canada introduced legislation in the House of Commons to implement the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement. On 19 March 2021 Canada announced that it is ratifying the Canada-United Kingdom (U.K.) Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA). This announcement followed the Royal Assent of Bill C-18: An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the House of Commons. The Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) came into force on April 1, 2021.

The UK and Canada launched negotiations on a new Free Trade Agreement in Ottawa on March 24, 2022. Building on the benefits of the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement, the new Free Trade Agreement will go further in areas like innovation, digital, data, the environment and women’s economic empowerment.

Documents relating to the Entry into Force
24 March 2022 UK launches negotiations with Canada on a new, modernised trade deal PDF Document  New!
01 April 2021 Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement enters into force PDF Document 
19 March 2021 Canada announces that it is ratifying the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement PDF Document 
09 December 2020 Government of Canada introduces legislation in the House of Commons to implement the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) PDF Document 
Sources: Department for International Trade, UK; Global Affairs Canada; Government of the United Kingdom
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Recent Developments
  24 March 2022. UK launches negotiations with Canada on a new, modernised trade dealNew!

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  Canada-European Union