At their 16th bilateral summit on Sunday 30 October, the European Union and Canada signed the EU-Canada free-trade agreement (CETA), seeking to convince the opponents of the deal, some of whom protested outside the buildings of the Council of the EU the same day, of the benefits that 543 million European and Canadian citizens will obtain.
Despite the "technical obstacles", such as mechanical problems with the government aircraft that delayed the touchdown of the Canadian delegation in...