Trade, digital activity, critical raw materials and financial services feature in the cooperation agenda described by European Council President António Costa during an October 29 dinner in Montreal. The Council published the official transcript October 30, as the two-day EU–Canada summit continued.

The address presented existing trade and strategic-partnership agreements as foundations for further work. Costa said the coming months would bring efforts to deepen cooperation in those sectors and in personal exchanges. These are stated priorities, rather than evidence that every proposed initiative has already been negotiated or implemented.

The speech also placed the bilateral relationship within broader cooperation through international institutions. Its emphasis was on closer association between the EU and Canada and on their shared commitment to an international order governed by rules.

A dinner address establishes the position expressed by its speaker. It does not substitute for a signed joint agreement, final summit declaration or implementation timetable. The transcript’s publication today is distinct from the address delivered yesterday, and this report does not describe unfinished summit business as completed.