CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, is a useful model for post-Brexit trade relations between the UK and the EU. In this article it is argued that what could tentatively be called a CC-CETA (Comprehensive Cross-Channel Economic and Trade Agreement), would bring distinct benefits to the UK (and the EU) in partial replacement of the Single Market relationship. After considering other options, recommendations for the conclusion of such a CC-CETA are made. The question of how CETA itself could be affected by the conclusion of such an agreement, and the pre-emptive effect of a CC-CETA on the relations between Canada and the UK are equally considered.
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