The European Parliament’s international trade committee held a very lively discussion on the EU-Canada free-trade agreement (CETA) on Wednesday 31 August. It is likely to be put to Parliament for ratification in the autumn after its expected signing at the EU-Canada summit at the end of October and ahead of provisional implementation at the start of 2017.
Rapporteur Artis Pabriks (EPP, Latvia) said that the CETA was, “as a whole”, a “balanced” agreement, fully in line with...