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Belgium gets deal to allow signing of EU-Canada trade pact

Responding to the breakthrough, Ottawa says there remains work to do to get a deal signed

Published Thu, Oct 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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BELGIUM reached a deal with the country's regional parliaments to approve a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada, ending a deadlock that has delayed the accord's signature.

Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel said that the EU-Canada deal can be approved by the nation's regions "by tomorrow at midnight". The agreement is an "important step for EU and Canada", Mr Michel said in a post on Twitter on Thursday.

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