At the December 2002 Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa, leaders issued a joint statement instructing their trade ministers to design a forward-looking, wide-ranging bilateral trade and investment enhancement agreement. On 18 March 2004, at the Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa, leaders agreed to a framework for a Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA). In the same vein, in December 2004 the government of Canada and the EU Commission adopted a voluntary framework for regulatory cooperation.

The first round of negotiations towards the TIEA took place in Brussels in May 2005.

On 27 April 2009, EU Member States adopted a negotiating mandate for a new economic and free trade agreement between the EU and Canada. The Negotiations, which will be led by the European Commission, were officially launched at the EU-Canada Summit on 6 May 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic. The first meeting on a comprehensive economic and trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union was held on 10 June 2009.

Documents relating to the negotiations
10 June 2009	First meeting held on comprehensive economic and trade agreement
06 May 2009	Canada and European Union launched  negotiations toward an economic partnership agreement
27 April 2009	FTA negotiations to be officially launched on May 6th, in Prague
24 November 2005	Canada-EU Videoconference Summit. Joint Statement
19 June 2005	Niagara-on-the-Lake. Joint Summit Declaration EU-Canada Summit
17 May 2005	First round of negotiations
21 December 2004	Canada-EU regulatory cooperation framework
18 March 2004	Canada-European Union Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement: Framework for the Agreement
18 March 2004	Declaration on Canada-EU Relations
03 March 2004	European Commission agrees design of future EU-Canada Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement
28 May 2003	Athens, Greece: Joint Communiqué
28 May 2003	Progress report on the EU-Canada Trade and Investment Agreement
19 December 2002	Ottawa: Joint Statement by Canada and the European Union
Source: Delegation of the European Commission to Canada; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

• European Union (EU)
• Delegation of the European Commission to Canada
• Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada