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CEPA fellow Echikson: EU-Canada partnership should centre on digital policy

CEPA fellow William Echikson argues the EU-Canada associate membership should put digital policy first, with binding rules on data, procurement and mutual recognition. He warns EU sovereignty rules risk excluding Canadian firms.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA, 3 November 2026

What the source does not establish. This opinion piece does not itself adopt any EU-Canada agreement or change existing digital sovereignty rules.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion only; moves no question until an EU-Canada deal is adopted (proposed binding 1, EU-wide scale 3). European Sovereignty Index

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