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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA, UKDEL NATO, INFO ROUTINE OTHER EC POSTS
ISSUES FOR THE EC-CANADA SUMMIT, 17 DECEMBER
SUMMARY
THIS TEL LOOKS AT EC-CANADA RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUMMIT. MY IFT (NOT TO ALL) EXAMINES MULRONEY'S POSITION.
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CANADIANS PLEASED WITH PROGRESS DURING UK PRESIDENCY IN BUILDING BROADER RELATIONSHIP WITH EC. NO ISSUES REQUIRING SOLUTION DURING VISIT. REDUCED TENSION OVER FISH, LUMBER AND GATT-RELATED TRADE ISSUES. CANADA WORKING CLOSELY WITH EC IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, THE FSU AND ELSEWHERE. MULRONEY IS FRUSTRATED OVER YUGOSLAVIA, AND MAY SEEK A BILATERAL WORD ON HONG KONG.
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3. CANADA'S RELATIONS WITH THE EC HAVE IMPROVED IN 1992. PROBLEMS NEED RESOLUTION AT HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LEVEL. THE SUMMIT SHOULD FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST.
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FOR MANY YEARS, EC-CANADA RELATIONS WERE COLOURED BY DISPUTES ON FISHERIES OR TRADE ISSUES. THE CANADIAN PUBLIC SAW THE EC MAINLY AS A SOURCE OF TROUBLE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT FOUND THE KNACK OF INFLUENCING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN BRUSSELS.
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THE EC-CANADA DECLARATION OF 1990 IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE A MORE STRUCTURED AND BROADLY BASED RELATIONSHIP, WHICH COULD ABSORB IRRITATION OVER SPECIFIC DISPUTES. THE CANADIANS SEE THEIR INFLUENCE THROUGH NATO DECLINING, AND WANT TO COMPENSATE THROUGH CLOSER POLITICAL LINKS WITH THE EC. BUILDING UP EUROPEAN LINKS ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE UNDUE DEPENDENCE ON THE US.
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MULRONEY STRONGLY SUPPORTS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. HE WILL APPLAUD THE SUCCESS ACHIEVED AT EDINBURGH AND WELCOME AN ACCOUNT OF FUTURE PROSPECTS. HE WANTS TO SEE THE UK, CANADA'S THEIR
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