EXTERNAL ACTION / Canada

Council satisfied CETA respects criteria of transparency and balanced agreement

Brussel, 20/9/2016 (Agence Europe)

On behalf of the Slovak Presidency of the EU Council at the end of the EU General Affairs Council on Tuesday 20 September, Slovakia's secretary of state for foreign and European affairs, Ivan Korčok, spoke of a consensus obtained between the EU28 on the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) and the fact that it respects the criteria for transparency and a balanced agreement. It is hoped that the agreement will be signed at the end of October.

At the end of a preparatory Council meeting...