The European Union and Canada have been discussing a trade deal that could be worth up to 26.5 billion Euros (US$38.2 billion) a year. Canadian and EU leaders will officially launch negotiations at their Montreal summit on Oct. 17, three days after Canadian federal election.
The Canadian Globe and Mail reports:
Trade Minister Michael Fortier and his staff have been engaged for the past two months with EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and the representatives of European governments in an effort to begin what a senior EU official involved in the talks described in an interview yesterday as “deep economic integration negotiations.”
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