We sensed that the EU, and particularly its officials in Brussels, was not very interested in reaching an agreement with Canada, whose only neighbour is the United States, as you all know. One of the objectives of the EU, apart from very noble projects, is what has been called in the 70s the ``European Union fortress,'' to compete with the American economic supremacy.
Nous avons senti que l'Union européenne, particulièrement les fonctionnaires à Bruxelles, n'étaient pas très intéressés à conclure une entente avec le Canada, qui a comme seul voisin, comme vous le savez, les États-Unis.