on January 21, 2016 in World News
EU quietly asks Canada to rework trade deal’s thorny investment clause
Both sides admit surprise as deal risks losing ratification vote thanks to anti-American sentiment European Union officials quietly approached Justin Trudeau’s new government last fall with a request to revisit the controversial investment protection clause in the Canada-EU trade deal. Negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) were supposed to have concluded in the summer of 2014 — the former Conservative government led by Stephen Harper had trumpeted success since an agreement in principle in 2013. But nothing was signed then. Or since. Chrystia Freeland won’t commit yet to Feb. 4 TPP signing Stephen Harper confident as final EU trade deal released Harper uses G7 summit… View Article
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