Transatlantic Cooperation in Space: Eu-Canada Free Trade Agreement

National governments are keenly aware of the need for investment in space. Canada, as a formal cooperating state in the European Space Agency (ESA), and Germany, as a leading member state of ESA, are interlinked in Europe’s space endeavours. Beyond ESA, Germany and Canada additionally have a strong history of bilateral cooperation on a range of space projects. This paper discusses the novel interdependencies between clear national and now supranational space policies, using the examples of the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement covers most aspects of the EU-Canada bilateral economic relationship and includes space. The paper focuses on international space policies, strategic bilateral co-operation, and technical accomplishments. It takes a closer look at German-Canadian collaboration in space programs and offers some reflection on the effect of both the EU and ESA’S transatlantic involvement in space. 

• Autores: Weber-Steinhaus, Luise
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Repositorio: Biblioteca Digital Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bdigital.uexternado.edu.co:001/8277
• Acceso en línea: https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/handle/001/8277; https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/oasis/article/view/4010
• Palabra clave: CETA; Canada; EU; Europe; ESA; Germany; free trade; aerospace; space; international cooperation; transatlantic; economy.
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2