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Von der Leyen Announces EU Replacing CETA With Canada Alliance

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC · How we work

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced replacing CETA with an Alliance for Future with Canada.
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Slovenia remain CETA holdouts.
EU-Canada trade rose 80% to €130 billion in 2025, up from €72.1 billion in 2016.
The EU runs a €16 billion goods surplus and €9.7 billion services surplus with Canada.
Only 3% of Canadian beef quotas were used 2021-2023 because of EU sanitary rules.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced replacing CETA with an Alliance for Future with Canada.
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Slovenia remain CETA holdouts.
EU-Canada trade rose 80% to €130 billion in 2025, up from €72.1 billion in 2016.
The EU runs a €16 billion goods surplus and €9.7 billion services surplus with Canada.
Only 3% of Canadian beef quotas were used 2021-2023 because of EU sanitary rules.