This handout photo shows Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcoming Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Presidential Complex in Ankara ahead of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit on Tuesday.TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images
Canada and Turkey have formally launched negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA), Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said on Tuesday.
“The technical teams from both countries will undertake the necessary work to define the scope and ambition of the agreement and prepare for the first round of negotiations,” the office said in a statement.
The move follows an agreement last month by Canadian and Turkish trade ministers to begin exploratory discussions aimed at concluding a free-trade agreement.
