Canada trade pact rejection would send wrong message to the world: Trudeau

Author: app/afp

OTTAWA: The European rejection of a “progressive” trade pact with Canada would send the wrong message to the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned on Thursday.

“If Europe cannot manage to sign this agreement, then that sends a very clear message not just to Europeans but to the whole world that Europe is choosing a path that is not productive, either for its citizens or for the world and that would be a shame,” Trudeau said after a meeting with his visiting French counterpart Manuel Valls.

European activists have been seeking to block the so-called CETA free trade deal, which is slated to be formally signed at an EU-Canada summit later this month.

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