The European Parliament’s plenary session debate on preparation of the European Council of 20-21 October, in Strasbourg on Wednesday 5 October, showed that, despite the support of MEPs from the four major political groups (EPP, S&D, ECR and ALDE) for the EU-Canada free-trade agreement (CETA) to be signed forthwith, doubts or indeed hostility with regard to negotiations on the EU-United States free-trade agreement (TTIP) and current conduct of EU trade policy are still strong on the left...