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During question period on international trade, members focused on the Canada-EU summit in Montreal and Canada’s trade relationship with Europe. The Conservative leader asked repeatedly whether the government would get nine European countries that have not approved the existing free trade agreement to ratify it, open European markets to Canadian beef and pork, and respond to the EU’s threatened carbon tariff on Canadian goods, arguing the government was focusing on summits while Canadians faced high food and housing costs. The government pointed to the summit in Montreal, said co-operation with the EU covers trade, energy, defence, artificial intelligence and transportation, noted first LNG shipments to Germany, and said Canada is on track to double its non-U.S. exports. Bloc Québécois members asked about European carbon-based tariffs they said would cost Quebec’s aluminum, steel and iron exports hundreds of millions of dollars because Canada scrapped its carbon pricing, and raised concerns about weakened pesticide rules affecting food exports; the government said Quebec’s aluminum is among the greenest in the world and pointed to its investments and broader market access for Quebec businesses.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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