Posted November 12, 2017

CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) is Canada's biggest bilateral initiative since NAFTA. CETA is a major new business deal that was negotiated in secret between the EU and Canada over five years from 2009 to 2014. CETA would eliminate about 98% of the tariffs between Canada and the EU. All 28 European Union member states approved the final text of CETA for signature. The EU and Canada formally signed the landmark free trade deal September 21, 2017.

CETA has some of the strongest commitments ever included in a trade deal to promote labour rights, environmental protection and sustainable development. CETA integrates the EU's and Canada's commitments to apply international rules on workers' rights, environmental protection and climate action. And these obligations are binding.

Find out more about CETA in the Government of Canada’s CETA Toolkit: 

Check out the new Canada Tariff Finder, an online tool that can help you find the Harmonized System codes for products and the corresponding EU preferential tariff rate: