Canada’s ambassador to the European Union has confirmed that Brussels removed references to ratifying the Canada-EU trade agreement from a joint statement issued at the end of last week’s summit in Montreal.
Jonathan Wilkinson discussed the revised joint statement while testifying before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Nov. 5, and confirmed media reports that the EU had removed the wording.
Canada and the EU signed an “Alliance for the Future” pact during the two-day Canada-EU summit last week to co-operate more deeply on matters such as energy and security.
The joint statement originally emphasized the importance of member states ratifying the nine-year-old Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)….