Speech Brief
Prime Minister of Canada announces Canada-Germany partnership talks
Key points
- Launch negotiations on Canada‑Germany Strategic Partnership Agreement
- Intend to finalise agreement before year‑end
TL;DR
- Mark Carney met Friedrich Merz at the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye.
- Leaders launched negotiations on a Canada‑Germany Strategic Partnership Agreement covering security and defence, technology, investment, supply chains and raw materials, energy, and space.
- Germany is Canada’s largest trading partner in the European Union with bilateral trade valued at over $34 billion; foreign ministers were invited to advance negotiations with the intention to finalise the agreement before year‑end.
Original text
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, on the margins of the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye. Canada and Germany have a robust bilateral relationship across commerce, defence, and energy. Germany is Canada’s largest trading partner in the European Union, with bilateral trade valued at over $34 billion. To create new partnerships between workers and businesses i...
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- Mark Carney
- Friedrich Merz
- Ankara
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