On Wednesday 12 October, the signing of the EU-Canada free-trade deal (CETA) at the bilateral summit in Brussels on 27 October looked uncertain because it requires the approval by a number of countries, including Belgium and Germany, which are still going through their domestic procedures.
On Wednesday, member states’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) were to validate draft Council decisions on signing on behalf of the EU and provisional application of CETA, along with a request for the...