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The Brief from Brussels: Belgium agree last minute deal on CETA

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital.

Belgium

Belgium reaches deal to break deadlock over EU-Canada free trade agreement

The signing ceremony for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement or CETA had been called off after the French-speaking region of Wallonia vetoed the deal.

Canada

Canada PM Trudeau cancels Europe trip with CETA deal still in limbo

He was supposed to be in Europe on Thursday for the signing of a landmark free trade deal with the EU.

World News

'CETA is not dead' - trade deal can be saved says EU

Brussels still believes a landmark trade deal between the EU and Canada - blocked by Belgium's French-speaking Wallonia region - can succeed.

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Canada

Wallonia - the mouse that roared

How has the tiny Belgian region brought a landmark global trade deal to the brink of collapse?

Europe News

Belgian region scuppers EU-Canada free trade deal

An EU-Canada free trade deal has been left hanging in the balance after talks between Canada and the regional government in Wallonia broke down.

Europe News

Wallonia premier urges fresh negotiations on EU-Canada free trade deal

Paul Magnette leads the regional government in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, where the parliament has refused to provide its backing for the federal government’s move to approve the

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EU warns Wallonia over Canada trade pact

The EU is stepping up the pressure on Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia after its government refused to back a free trade deal with Canada.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU-Canada trade pact on ice

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels

Hopes and fears over CETA, May continues her European tour but there is trouble back home and a worldwide protest about Ukraine makes its mark in Europe.

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Europe's last bastion against the CETA deal?

The region of southern Belgium could block the accord, which requires unanimous support from member states before it can be written into EU law.

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Germany clears the way for CETA

Germany's highest court rejects an emergency appeal to block the EU-Canada trade deal.

Germany

German court boosts chances of EU-Canada CETA trade deal

Germany’s Constitutional Court gave the green light on Thursday for the government to approve an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada under certain conditions, boosting its cha

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Greenpeace activists in Geneva slam TISA

Greenpeace activists protest in front of the US mission in Geneva.

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Thousands march in Brussels against free trade deals

Thousands of protesters have marched through Brussels to demonstrate against two planned free trade deals.

Germany

German SPD back CETA deal

Germany’s Social Democrats have finally given their backing to a trade deal between the EU and Canada.

Germany

Crucial German vote looms on huge CETA trade deal

Opponents of the parallel CETA and TTIP agreements organised mass protests in seven cities across Germany on Saturday.

Chile

G20 ends with pledge on trade and promise to fight protectionism

The balance sheet from the latest G20 meeting, President Barack Obama’s last, appears to be a thin one.

World News

'TTIP has failed', Germany's Vice-Chancellor says

Talks over the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – or TTIP – between Europe and the US have essentially failed, but ‘nobody is really admitting it’‘, Germany’s economy minister

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European Commission bows to pressure over trade deal with Canada

The European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada has been put on a slow track for approval requiring ratification by the bloc’s national parliaments.