Share your views: Consulting Canadians on a potential free trade agreement with Türkiye

Canada and Türkiye enjoy strong bilateral relations supported by growing trade and investment ties. In 2025, Canada’s total bilateral merchandise trade with Türkiye reached over CA$4.3 billion, with Canadian exports totalling approximately CA$1.1 billion and imports from Türkiye reaching CA$3.2 billion, making Türkiye one of Canada’s largest trading partners in the region.  The stock of Canadian direct investment in Türkiye totaled $3.3 billion in 2025, up from $1 billion in 2022. In 2025, the stock of FDI from Türkiye in Canada was $233 million, making Türkiye the 24th largest source of FDI in Canada from Europe, and the 54th globally.

On July 7, 2026, the Right Honorable Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally announced the launch of negotiations toward a comprehensive, modern, and mutually beneficial FTA. In anticipation of commencing FTA negotiations, Global Affairs Canada is inviting Canadians to submit their views, reflections, and priorities with respect to enhanced trade and investment with the Türkiye, and the potential impacts and opportunities of a bilateral FTA, via a Canada Gazette notice.

Who is the focus of these consultations

The Government of Canada invites any interested stakeholder to provide input, including from:

• The Canadian public
• provincial, territorial and municipal governments
• businesses of all sizes, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
• industry associations
• academics
• civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations
• labour unions
• Indigenous Peoples
• women, 2SLGBTQI+ stakeholders and community groups representing diverse experiences
• students and youth
• other interested Canadian stakeholders

 It is important to have a breadth and diversity of views represented through this consultation process.

Join in: How to participate

Privacy notice

Please ensure that you limit the information you provide in your submission to impacts related to the proposed trade negotiation. You are encouraged to make fact-based statements that do not include your views and opinions about other individuals, as the Privacy Act considers such views and opinions to be personal information pertaining to those individuals.

Please read the privacy notice statement carefully prior to sending a written submission.

Key questions for discussion

The Government of Canada welcomes your views on FTA negotiations between Canada and the Türkiye. Topics we seek input on include, but are not limited to:

• Goods of export or import interest that would benefit from the expedited or phased-in removal of tariffs and other barriers, as well as any import sensitivities.
• Non-tariff barriers, technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
• Trade in services, specifically sectors and activities of export interest for Canadian service providers.
• Promotion of environmental protection and conservation.
• Promotion of labour rights and cooperation.
• Support and advancement of traditionally underrepresented groups in trade, including women and Indigenous Peoples.
• Opportunities to advance transparency, anti-corruption and responsible business conduct, and to promote and protect good governance, the rule of law, and human rights.

The input gathered through this process will be used to inform Canada’s FTA negotiations with Türkiye.

Related links

• Canada-Türkiye relations
• Canadian Trade Commissioner Service for Türkiye
• Export Development Canada’s Türkiye profile

Contact us

Canada-Türkiye Trade Consultations
Global Affairs Canada
Trade Negotiations Division (TCE)
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1N 1J1
Email: TCE-Consultations@international.gc.ca