This document contains the Government's response to the Committee's recommendations in its report on expanding the economic ties between Canada and Europe. It focusses on the areas of rectifying image problems, promoting trade and investment with Europe, achieving free trade with Europe, making progress at the World Trade Organization (WTO), strengthening official transatlantic links, lowering European trade barriers, and dealing with EU enlargement.
The following is the government response to the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade contained in its report tabled in the House of Commons on June 19, 1995. These recommendations result from the review by the Standing Committee of testimony received during the First Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament.