Inside CETA: Canada–EU Trade in a Changing Global Economy

Episode notes

On this episode of IONA Asks, host Ferdinand Rother sits down with Professor Kurt Huebner , Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and Global Political Economy at the University of British Columbia, to unpack the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Recorded at a moment of growing geopolitical uncertainty and shifting trade norms, the conversation explores why CETA has often been described as a 21st-century trade agreement and where it has succeeded, stalled, or fallen short. Professor Huebner discusses key elements such as market access, public procurement, labour and environmental standards, and the broader political economy challenges facing modern trade agreements in an increasingly digital and fragmented global economy. This episode offers a clear, grounded look at how trade agreements actually work in practice, and what CETA tells us about the future of transatlantic economic cooperation. An episode of IONA Asks. Hosted by Ferdinand Rother. Recorded in Montreal.