Trans-Atlantic Partners : Canadian Approaches to the European Union

The end of the Cold War and the advent of the European Union (EU) as an emerging political actor have fundamentally changed Canada's approach to its relations with Western Europe. Trans-Atlantic Partners traces the Canadian Government's reassessment of its traditional Atlanticist foreign policy orientation by looking at the rising importance of the EU as a key "pillar" in Canada's post-World War II trans-Atlantic relations. Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface List of Acronyms I: Setting the Stage for Canada-EU Relations II: From NATO to NAFTA: The Rise and Fall of Canada's European Profile III: The Impact of Canada-U.S. Free Trade on Canada-EC Relations IV: Renewing the Transatlantic Relationship, 1989-91 V: The Remains of the Day: Signing the Transatlantic Political Declarations VI: Canada and the Challenge of the Single European Market VII: The State of Canada-European Union Economic Relations VIII: Free Trade or Not? IX: Reacting to Maastricht: Foreign Policy and Security Issues X: The New Transatlanticism XI: Future Directions Appendices 1 Interviews 2 Tables 6.2 and 6.3 3 Tables 7.1 and 7.2 4 Table 7.3 Bibliography The study concentrates on changes in Canada's approach to European integration after the watershed of 1989, examining the 1990 EC-Canada Transatlantic Declaration and the emergence of a Single European Market in 1993. Finally, it outlines the choices available to Canadian policy makers in the late 1990s as they sought to widen relations with the EU by proposing a trans-Atlantic free trade zone. This book details important stages in the evolution of Canada-EU economic, political, and security relations, a bilateral relationship that is destined to grow closer in the years ahead.