Macron tells Trudeau that France will ratify CETA 'as soon as possible'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving Paris with a concrete guarantee that France will proceed with ratification of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) this summer.

"We will launch ratification as soon as possible," said French President Emmanuel Macron following a bilateral meeting between the two leaders Friday.

It was left to Trudeau in his remarks to spell out the timeline, which will apparently see the trade agreement given first reading by summer.

This is the second time he has made such a promise. Macron had initially pledged to move forward on ratification by end of 2018...

This has been excepted from the 7 June 2019 edition of CBC News.