EU Council decides to sign CETA trade agreement with Canada

‘The Council of the EU has announced its decision to sign the free trade agreement with Canada (CETA), as well as to request the consent of the EU parliament to conclude the agreement, it said in a statement.
The Council’s decision also involves provisional application of the agreement, says the statement published on the EU body’s official website.
The Council members representing the EU member states also adopted a joint interpretative instrument that will provide “a binding interpretation of CETA´s terms on specific issues.”’
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