EU-CANADA AGREEMENT TO OPEN CANADIAN GROUNDHANDLING MARKET

THE FREE trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada concluded last week (CETA) will open the Canadian market for airport groundhandling services to European providers, according to an EU source participating in the negotiations.“We have not only regained a level-playing field with Canada’s NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement] partners, but we have also been able to exceed that in some areas, such as groundhandling services in airports,” the official explained to Jane’s Airport Review at a background briefing in Brussels. European ...


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