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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10946
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) canada

Barnier and Harper reach initial free trade agreement

Luxembourg, 18/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 18 October, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, reached agreement in principle on the main aspects of a broad economic and trade agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada. Various legal and technical details remain to be sorted out, but both sides are already proclaiming the advantages. The agreement will boost bilateral trade by 23% or nearly €26...

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