CETA is big news, but do we really understand why?

Aside from the direct negotiators, the only people aware of the details are the lobbyists for big corporations that have the most to gain or to lose by the agreement.
All eyes have been on efforts by International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland to get the CETA trade deal finalized, but for the wrong reasons, writes Angelo Persichilli.

TORONTO—The saga about the signing of the free trade agreement between Canada and United Europe raises many questions that are very difficult to answer. For example, is it possible that a population of a little region like Wallonia can stop an agreement of such importance and magnitu...

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