About: Justin Trudeau

Global Europe 08-03-2023

From Canada, Von der Leyen urges ‘steadfast’ support for Ukraine

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European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing Canada's parliament on Tuesday (7 March) during a visit to bolster support for Ukraine, said Europe would never accept Russian threats to its security.

Global Europe 09-05-2022

Trudeau: World determined to make sure Putin loses in Ukraine

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The world will do everything possible to ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin loses his war in Ukraine, including keeping Moscow under sanctions for years, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late on Sunday (8 May).

Global Europe 15-02-2022

Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers in bid to end protests

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday (14 February) activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some US border crossings and paralyzed parts of the capital.

Elections 10-02-2022

Waving Canadian flags, French ‘freedom convoy’ heads to Brussels

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Protesters set out from southern France in what they call a "freedom convoy" that will converge on Paris and Brussels to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions, inspired by demonstrators who have blocked a Canadian border crossing.

Global Europe 22-09-2021

Trudeau begins third term weakened at helm of Canada minority government

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Justin Trudeau's snap election gamble has landed the Canadian leader back at square one: reelected without a majority, the liberal prime minister will once more need backing from opposition rivals to govern.

Global Europe 24-08-2021

Canada’s Trudeau leaves door open to Taliban sanctions as G7 meet looms

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left the door open to sanctions on the Taliban Monday (23 August), noting that the Islamist group that now controls Afghanistan remains a "terrorist entity." "Canada already recognizes, and has for long, that the Taliban are …

Global Europe 13-01-2020

Iranian protesters demand that leaders quit over airline disaster ‘lies’

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Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday (12 January), increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic’s leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident, despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame.

Politics 06-12-2019

Tweets of the Week: Commission Handover, NATO jokes, Malta Rule of Law

VDL Commission takes up its seat, Trump under fire as NATO leaders meet, and Rule of Law in Malta feeling the heat.

CETA 19-07-2019

EU and Canada are the world’s new best friends

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The EU-Canada summit focused on the free trade agreement (CETA), saving the WTO and doubling investments in research and development for the energy transition. However, the meeting was more symbolic, confirming that Canada, rather than the US, is now the EU's closest ally. EURACTIV Germany reports.

CETA 18-07-2019

EU, Canada trade warm words at bilateral summit

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the Canada-EU summit Wednesday (17 July) by praising the "progress" resulting from CETA, their free trade deal, while European Council president Donald Tusk called Ottawa the bloc's "closest transatlantic partner."

Europe's East 03-07-2019

Trudeau promises support for Ukraine in wake of Russian ‘aggression’

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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday (2 July) to support Ukraine in the wake of Russian "aggression," after a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Toronto.

Global Europe 05-06-2019

World leaders gather in south England to remember D-Day

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World leaders gather on the coast of southern England on Wednesday (5 June) to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history and a feat that helped bring World War Two to an end.

Global Europe 24-10-2018

Canada hosts EU and other like-minded nations to talk WTO reforms

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Canada will host trade officials from the European Union, Japan and others for two-day talks starting Wednesday (24 October) aimed at shaping long-delayed reforms to the global trading system that have sparked tensions among major economies.

Global Europe 01-10-2018

Trump ‘saves’ NAFTA as trilateral agreement by obtaining concessions

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The United States and Canada forged a last-gasp deal on Sunday (30 September) to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, rescuing a three-country, $1.2 trillion open-trade zone that had been about to collapse after nearly a quarter century.

Global Europe 11-06-2018

US-Canada dispute escalates after tense G7, Europeans criticise Trump

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The United States and Canada swung sharply on Sunday (10 June) toward a diplomatic and trade crisis as top White House advisers lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a day after US President Trump called him "very dishonest and weak."

Global Europe 08-06-2018

Trump attacks EU and Canada on trade amid backlash ahead of G7 summit

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Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations headed for a summit in Canada on Thursday more divided than at any time in the group's 42-year history, as US President Donald Trump's "America First" policies risk causing a global trade war and deep diplomatic schisms.

Global Europe 07-06-2018

Macron, Trudeau support ‘strong multilateralism’ ahead of G7 summit

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French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed support for "strong multilateralism" in Ottawa Wednesday before the G7 summit, where US President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies are sure to raise hackles.

CETA 19-09-2017

Canada to model post-Brexit Britain trade on CETA

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Canada agreed on Monday (18 September) to use its new free trade agreement with Europe as a template for a pact with Britain after its largest trading partner within the European Union leaves the bloc.

Global Europe 10-07-2017

EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement

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The European Union and Canada said on Saturday (8 July) they had agreed to start a free trade agreement on 21 September, paving the way for over 90% of the treaty to come into effect.

CETA 29-06-2017

Trudeau pushes EU to apply free trade pact provisionally

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday (28 June) called on Europe to immediately apply the CETA free trade agreement while the two sides work through a final hurdle pertaining to agricultural quotas.

CETA 26-05-2017

Canada ratification upsets Macron’s promises on CETA

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Canada’s ratification of CETA on 17 May opens the door to a provisional application of the free trade agreement in the coming weeks. But it places Emmanuel Macron’s promise to establish an expert committee to evaluate the impact of the deal on shaky ground. EURACTIV France reports.

Agrifood 22-02-2017

Spanish food exporters on edge over resurgence of protectionism

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Influenced by events like Brexit and protectionist moves by US President Donald Trump, the EU’s trade in food is going through a period of change. EURACTIV's partner EFEAgro reports.

Latin America 16-02-2017

The Brief: Fifty shades of Justin Trudeau

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Did you smell that sickly sweet aroma in the air in Brussels today? It was the waves of smug rolling in all the way from the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

CETA 16-02-2017

Trudeau at the European Parliament: ‘Together we have built something’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told policy makers today (16 February) that have to do more to make sure their voters see the benefits of CETA.