Rarely has an informal meeting of EU trade ministers aroused such a stir as the one taking place in Bratislava this Friday 23 September.
The reason for all the fuss is that all the burning issues of trade policy are due to be discussed at the meeting that will be chaired by Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga.
The first is the EU-Canada free-trade agreement (CETA), which it is hoped will be signed at an EU-Canada summit on 27 October (see EUROPE 11627). In an initial plenary session devoted...