New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are hoping to improve trade and labour mobility.
The two provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to look at reducing barriers.
“We’re working to ensure that all products, services and credentials that are approved by Newfoundland and Labrador are automatically recognized by New Brunswick and vice versa,” Premier Susan Holt said in a news release.
“Newfoundlanders and New Brunswickers have long been good friends, and now we will be great trading partners.”
Newfoundland and Labrador is New Brunswick’s fourth-largest trading partner based on two-way trade, according to the Holt government.
Andrew Furey, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, said the partnership reflects a shared commitment to building a more connected Atlantic Canada.
“Through today’s memorandum of understanding, Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick will work together to create new opportunities that promote internal trade and advance infrastructure projects, that ultimately contribute to a stronger Canada,” Furey said in the release.
New Brunswick signed a similar memorandum of understanding on free trade and labour mobility with Ontario last week.
