EU-Canada trade summit ‘cancelled’

AFP, BRUSSELS: The EU and Canada scrapped plans for a summit yesterday in Brussels, a European source said, as Belgium sought more time to find a way to support a landmark transatlantic trade deal.
“Today’s summit is cancelled. For now, no new date has been set,” the source told AFP on condition of anonymity. European Council President Donald Tusk had said early Wednesday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could still come to Brussels on Thursday for a summit to sign the deal, which has been seven years in the making.

EU-Canada trade summit cancelled

AFP, BRUSSELS: The EU and Canada scrapped plans for a summit yesterday in Brussels, a European source said, as Belgium sought more time to find a way to support a landmark transatlantic trade deal. Todays summit is cancelled. For now, no new date has been set, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity. European Council President Donald Tusk had said early Wednesday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could still come to Brussels on Thursday for a summit to sign the deal, which has been seven years in the making.