In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to the Canada and European Deputy Head of Missions, and CETA Chief Negotiator Steve Verheul, about the behind the scenes of the Canada-EU relationship.
This episode is from the Canada-EU: Looking Forward webinar that took place on May 19th, 2021, in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Delegation of the European Union to Canada
Participants Bio:
Rob Sinclair is the Canadian Deputy Chief of Mission to the European Union. https://twitter.com/robertdsinclair?lang=en
Christian Burgsmüller has been the Chargé d’affaires and Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Canada since August 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/u/christian-burgsmuller#:~:text=Christian%20Burgsm%C3%BCller%20has%20been%20the,)%2C%20the%20EU's%20diplomatic%20service
Steve Verheul became Assistant Deputy Minister of the Trade Policy and Negotiations Branch at Global Affairs Canada in mid-2017. https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/publications/transparency-transparence/briefing-documents-information/transition-dm-sm-dev/2019-12.aspx?lang=eng
Host bio:
Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson
Read CGAI’s Policy Perspective on Canada-EU Relations, written by Feloow Bob Hage: https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_european_union_a_new_transatlantic_alliance
R&R
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374533557
Middle England by Jonathan Coe – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607255/middle-england-by-jonathan-coe/
Formula 1 Drive to Survive – https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80204890
Recording Date: 19 May 2021.
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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.
