Canada seeks deforestation law carveouts as EU ties deepen

BRUSSELS — Canada's man in Brussels wants to rework how the European Union's landmark anti-deforestation law applies to Canadian businesses as the two sides explore ways to deepen their relationship. Following Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada the EU’s first “associate member,” Ottawa wants to “clean up some of the long-standing irritants that have existed” between Canada and the EU, Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's ambassador to the EU, told POLITICO at a Brussels Playbook Live event on Tuesday. Chief among those grievances is the EU's new Deforestation Regulation , which kicks in on Dec.