EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (A8-0009/2017 - Artis Pabriks)
Vicky Ford (ECR). – Mr President, removing barriers to trade boosts growth, encourages innovation, raises wages and gives consumers greater choices, and in the case of the EU-Canada deal it even gives us cheaper chocolate. This is a good deal. But the Canada deal is not the best template for the future relationship between the UK and Europe, as our own trade is much more sophisticated and intertwined, especially in key 21st—century economic sectors. High product standards underpinned by the mutual recognition principle is what this relationship is based on, and I hope that the UK-EU deal will be a much more advanced and future-looking partnership.