Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Garrett Murray:

Our clients would welcome CETA. We saw growth in exports between 2014 and 2015 to Canada of 7%. We hope to grow that. It is a location where there has always been an Enterprise Ireland office but as a focus for our clients, it has not been a priority. We think CETA will open Canada up to being a far greater priority. That is the state of client engagement with the market in the short term. In the more medium term what will be interesting is what opportunities will arise regarding not only the European-Canadian trading relationship, but also what happens in Britain, which has a traditional trading relationship with Canada, and whether that would also open up opportunities for our clients. We are therefore hearing from our clients that CETA is positive.

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