Input paper on the cluster policy landscapes and collaboration opportunities in the European Union and Canada

The input paper presents the cluster policy landscapes and collaboration opportunities in the European Union (EU) and Canada. In the first part of the paper, the state of play of Canadian and EU trade relations is presented by focusing on the different economic profiles and key value chains of the EU and Canada as well as the existing cluster landscapes and policies in the EU and Canada. In the second part of the paper, a closer look is taken at existing and possible future cluster cooperation between the EU and Canada.