European Union-Canada Relations: Cooperation, Disputes and Prospects

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze European Union-Canada relations that have significantly enhanced in the last decade. Economic and security relations between the European Union and Canada have considerably improved in the last decade particularly after the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which are also milestones that would govern the parties’ long-term relations. Despite a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark regarding Hans Island, and Canada’s on-going opposition to the European Union’s Arctic Council membership, these frictions are not significant enough to jeopardize the current progress in relations, as analyzed in this paper. As long as both sides continue their powerful commitment to liberal democracy, free market economy and multilateralism, their cooperation is likely to intensify in the 21st century in the face of international economic and security problems.

Keywords

• European Union
• Canada
• Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement
• Hans Island
• Arctic Council

Avrupa Birliği-Kanada İlişkileri: İşbirliği, Uyuşmazlıklar ve Olasılıklar

Öz

Bu makale, son on yılda önemli ölçüde gelişmiş olan Avrupa Birliği-Kanada ilişkilerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Avrupa Birliği ile Kanada arasındaki ekonomik ilişkiler ve güvenlik ilişkileri son on yılda, özellikle, tarafların uzun vadeli ilişkilerini de yönetecek dönüm noktaları olan Kapsamlı Ekonomi ve Ticaret Antlaşması’nın ve Stratejik Ortaklık Antlaşması’nın imzalanmasının ardından önemli ölçüde gelişmiştir. Kanada ve Danimarka arasında Hans Adası ile ilgili uyuşmazlığa ve Kanada’nın Avrupa Birliği’nin Arktik Konseyi üyeliğine devam eden muhalefetine rağmen, bu anlaşmazlıklar, makalede de analiz edildiği gibi ilişkilerdeki mevcut ilerlemeyi tehlikeye atacak derecede önemli değildir. Her iki tarafın da liberal demokrasiye, serbest piyasa ekonomisine ve çok taraflılığa olan güçlü bağlılıkları sürdükçe 21. yüzyılda, uluslararası ekonomik sorunlar ve güvenlik sorunları karşısında işbirliklerinin yoğunlaşması muhtemeldir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Avrupa Birliği
• Kanada
• Kapsamlı Ekonomi ve Ticaret Antlaşması, Stratejik Ortaklık Antlaşması
• Hans Adası
• Arktik Konseyi

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