EU May Never Do Any Trade Deals Again if Canada Treaty Collapses, EU President Says
by Nick Hallett The European Union may never again be able to conclude free trade deals if its long-awaited treaty with Canada collapses, EU leaders have said. Canadian and European leaders have spent seven years negotiating the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but it now looks to be in peril after a single Belgian region rejected it. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has now invited Canada’s International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland to attend meetings between EU leaders and officials from the Wallonia region, which is holding out against the deal. “We need this trade arrangement with Canada,” Mr...
by Nick Hallett The European Union may never again be able to conclude free trade deals if its long-awaited treaty with Canada collapses, EU leaders have said. Canadian and European leaders have spent seven years negotiating the Comprehensive Economic...
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