Hürriyet Dünya3 hours agoBusiness1 min readTürkiye

Minister of Commerce Bolat met with his Canadian counterpart Sidhu

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Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat met with his Canadian counterpart Maninder Sidhu at the G20 meeting in Wisconsin and confirmed that the Free Trade Agreement exploratory talks will be completed by the end of October.

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FTA negotiations were officially launched at the NATO Summit held by President Erdoğan and Canadian Prime Minister Carney in July.

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In his post on his NSosyal account, Bolat emphasized that the partnership with Canada has entered a new phase after the comprehensive Free Trade Agreement negotiations between the two countries were officially launched with the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney within the scope of the NATO Summit held in Ankara in July.

Stating that they met with Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu on the occasion of the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Wisconsin, Bolat said:

"We discussed the current status of our bilateral trade, which amounts to up to 4.5 billion dollars, and the next steps to be taken to unlock significant business potential in the fields of energy, defense, trade, transportation, green economy and digital transformation. We mutually confirmed that the Free Trade Agreement exploratory talks will be completed by the end of October."

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Completing the FTA exploratory talks by the end of October
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