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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the EU-Canada Leaders’ Summit and CETA signing ceremony in Brussels, Belgium on Oct. 30, 2016.

Ratifying CETA was the easy part

Now comes the hard work of dealing with domestic effects, like opening markets to dairy imports

By Sylvain Charlebois November 7, 2016

Looks like we are going ahead with CETA after all. After a few meltdowns and temper tantrums, both sides are now willing to ratify the deal. In the aftermath of several anti-trade occurrences in recent months, having a deal with the EU is nothing short of a miracle. CETA was initially about growth and prosperity,

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Crops

German cabinet approves draft law banning GM crops

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 2, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — The German cabinet has approved a draft law banning cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), government sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Germany had announced in September 2015 that it will ban cultivation of crops with GMOs under new European Union rules allowing member states to opt out of their

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk (front, l-r) sign CETA on Sunday in Brussels. (PM.gc.ca)

Livestock

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-jan Bartunek October 30, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40 national and regional parliaments in Europe in the coming years to enter fully into force. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the treaty along with

Livestock

EU, Canada to hold trade summit Sunday

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union and Canada will hold a summit to sign their free trade deal on Sunday, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday, after Belgium had cleared the agreement with its regional governments. “Mission accomplished! Just agreed with PM @JustinTrudeau to hold EU Canada Summit this Sunday,” Tusk said

The citadel of Namur, the seat of the Walloon parliament. (Wallonia.be)

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Belgium’s Walloon parliament backs EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News, Robert-jan Bartunek October 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The parliament of Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia voted in favour of a planned EU-Canada trade agreement on Friday, ending its opposition that threatened to destroy the entire deal. Lawmakers of Wallonia, which led Belgian opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), 58 voted for and five against, after

Crops

EU probe to hold up ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta

By GFM Network News, Julia Fioretti October 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators on Friday opened an in-depth investigation into state-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina’s US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, China’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition. Syngenta’s shares plunged over nine per cent on Monday after the European Commission said the companies had not allayed its concerns

Le Botanique, a Brussels-area greenhouse facility repurposed as a cultural centre and live music venue. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Belgium breaks deadlock over EU-Canada trade pact

By GFM Network News, Robert-jan Bartunek October 27, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — Belgium agreed a deal with its regional parliaments on Thursday to approve a landmark EU-Canada free trade agreement, breaking a deadlock that has blocked the pact for weeks. Prime Minister Charles Michel said the heads of the regions had drawn up an addendum to the agreement that answered their concerns over

The main tower of Brussels’ Gothic-style Stadhuis, or city hall. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Belgians struggle to agree on text to save CETA

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-jan Bartunek October 26, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– Belgian politicians failed to break their deadlock over a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Wednesday, but agreed to resume talks on Thursday in a sign they may be nearing a consensus that would keep the deal alive. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), seven years in the making, is backed

The government of Wallonia, in its resistance to aspects of a Canada/EU trade pact, has recently been likened to Asterix the Gaul defying the Romans. (Asterix36.com)

Livestock

Court may help EU sidestep lone-wolf resistance to trade deals

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — A court ruling early next year may help the European Union out of the kind of embarrassing situation it has just landed in, where a regional assembly in Belgium is blocking a major trade agreement between Canada and the 28 sovereign states of the EU. Belgian negotiators failed on Tuesday to

European Parliament MP and temporary detainee José Bové.

News

EU MP detained at Montreal airport missed speaking engagement

José Bové was given a seven-day reprieve hours later

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2016

A member of the European Parliament opposed to the Canada-EU free trade deal was denied entry into Canada at a Montreal airport October 11, then later given a seven-day reprieve from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). French farmer José Bové, an anti-globalization activist and outspoken critic of the Canada European Union Comprehensive Economic and

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases

Canada-China roundup: Producer groups applaud tariff relief; pork left out; mix of criticism and praise from Trump administration

Opinion: Is a closer trade relationship with China a security risk?

Tag Archives European Union

Ratifying CETA was the easy part

German cabinet approves draft law banning GM crops

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

EU, Canada to hold trade summit Sunday

Belgium’s Walloon parliament backs EU-Canada trade deal

EU probe to hold up ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta

Belgium breaks deadlock over EU-Canada trade pact

Belgians struggle to agree on text to save CETA

Court may help EU sidestep lone-wolf resistance to trade deals

EU MP detained at Montreal airport missed speaking engagement

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