ABSTRACT
The envisioned Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU figures prominently in the competitive regionalism strategies that mark the relationship between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). Following the conclusion of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the EU negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico in 1999 (Dür 2007) and now seeks to establish another foothold in the North American market with a partnership agreement with Canada. The EU's recent turn to bilateral and regional trade negotiations marks an important break with the multilateral commitment and its interest in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha Round, championed by former EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy.
