Canada’s fresh push for EU trade deal

Canada’s new government is pushing the EU to move faster on a delayed trade deal, including a potential compromise on the key sticking point holding the deal up.

Canada’s chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul, in Brussels this week, brought a clear message: Ottawa’s new liberal government is “strongly supportive” of the deal, but wants to avoid any further delays.

“We want to move towards implementation as quick as possible,” Verheul told reporters Wednesday, adding this would be a “top priority” for new International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was appointed just four weeks ago.

This has been excerpted from The 9 December 2015 edition of Politico and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.politico.eu/article/canada-trade-deal-ttip-ceta-malmstrom-trudeau/