Canada, EU leaders sign controversial trade deal in Brussels

Sunday, 30 October 2016 9:46 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 30 October 2016 9:48 PM ]

(From L) President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, EU Council President Donald Tusk and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico are pictured during the signing ceremony of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), at the European Council in Brussels, on October 30, 2016. (AFP)

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

The European Union and Canada have signed the landmark Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, known as CETA. This comes amid protests in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels over the controversial deal.

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