13/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Dutch Senate passed the bill to approve the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA) on Tuesday 12 July. The second chamber of the Netherlands (lower house) had already approved the agreement in 2020. While the country was rather against the agreement, it has finally received the support of Labour and independent senators. Dutch MEP Samira Rafaela (Renew Europe), who is a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, welcomed the vote. “With CETA we can continue to regulate trade responsibly”, she said. The German Parliament, meanwhile, has recently shown encouraging signs for the upcoming approval of CETA (see EUROPE 12989/18). (LM)