Can the EU and Canada forge a new partnership?

PIIE reports that the EU leaders and Carney will meet in Montreal for a summit on October 29-30[1].According to PIIE, the draft statement focuses on concrete steps to further deepen relations[1].The Canadian Press, which also saw the draft, reports that the partnership is dubbed an "alliance for the future"[2].PIIE says the CETA trade agreement still has untapped potential[1]. It adds that trade between Canada and the EU has increased by 81 percent since 2016[1]. It reports that nothing concrete has happened since early summer[1] on that front.University of Ottawa professor Patrick Leblond told The Canadian Press that the US approach is "Divide and conquer, that's the power approach."[2]PIIE concludes that deciding what to call the EU-Canada partnership matters less than the concrete actions that they take[1].