UC Connect public lecture: New Zealand, the EU and Brexit - What next?
Deputy Director of the National Centre for Research on Europe Dr Serena Kelly will present this upcoming FREE UC Connect | Tauhere public lecture. Dr Kelly will look at how New Zealand’s relationship with the EU has been coloured - first and foremost - by its familial, cultural and historical relations with the United Kingdom, and the potential impact of Britain leaving the EU on New Zealand.
Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021.
Time: 7 to 8pm.
Location: C Block Lecture Theatres (University of Canterbury Ilam campus).
Find out more about this FREE UC Connect lecture on NZ, the EU and Brexit, including how to register.
The European Union (EU) and New Zealand (NZ) announced the decision to discuss pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2015. The announcement – after 50 years of historical irritations dating back to when the United Kingdom joined the then European Economic Community – was a watershed in EU-NZ relations. Yet, just six months after the FTA announcement, Brexit added a new, and somewhat unexpected, dimension to the EU-NZ relationship.