In this episode of The Global Exchange, Maureen Boyd speaks to Christian Leffler, David Plunkett, and Jason Langrish about the Strategic Partnership Agreement

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:

Christian Leffler was the Deputy Secretary-General at the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels until his retirement in March 2020. He had previously held the post of Managing Director for the Americas at the EEAS and Deputy Director General at the Commission’s Directorate General for Development. https://www.idea.int/about-us/board_of_advisers/christian-leffler

David Plunkett is a Trade Treaty Expert for McCarthy. He served as Ambassador of Canada to the EU from 2011 to 2015. https://marcomm.mccarthy.ca/pubs/DAVID_PLUNKETT_bio_EN.pdf

Jason Langrish is the Executive Director of Canada Europe Roundtable for Business, an advocacy group that has been deeply involved in the launch of negotiations for a Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

Host bio:

Maureen Boyd is the Founding Director of Carleton University’s Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement and a CGAI Fellow. https://www.cgai.ca/maureen_boyd

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read CGAI’s Policy Perspective on Canada-EU Relations, written by Fellow Bob Hage: https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_european_union_a_new_transatlantic_alliance

R&R

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious COver-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622176/bag-man-by-rachel-maddow-and-michael-yarvitz/

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653196/caste-oprahs-book-club-by-isabel-wilkerson/

The Last Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555510/the-last-kings-of-shanghai-by-jonathan-kaufman/

Recording Date: 19 May 2021.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.