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When the European Union (EU) and the Canadian government announced the launching of negotiations to create a "new generation" free trade agreement, the EU insisted that provincial representatives be included on the Canadian negotiating team. The goal of this article is to explain why the provinces have gradually become key, indeed indispensable, actors in international trade negotiations. I examine how international trade negotiations are conducted in Canada, noting the enhanced role for provincial governments, and I focus on a comparison between the Canada–US free trade negotiations and the discussions for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Europe.

This chapter focuses on the construction of the "international student" in the contemporary social, cultural, and political context of the UK and Europe more generally. The chapter examines the literature on international student experiences over the last decade, critiquing the notion of UK national identity in relation to international students and setting this against the social, cultural, and political changes that have influenced international students' sense of themselves. Having unmasked the fragility of conceiving of international students according to national identity alone, the chapter goes on to consider international students in the European context with a specific focus on narratives of international students attending universities in Portugal, collected by the second author of this chapter. The results suggest that scholarship on international students must take into account the fluidity of national identities. The chapter concludes with a discussion of international students' identities and how they are influenced by social, cultural, and political contexts.