Diplomatic Circles

Belgium expected to ratify CETA within the year, says envoy, despite earlier cold feet

Plus, the French ambassador is hosting a March 21 charity dinner featuring creations by the PM's personal chef.

Belgian Ambassador Raoul Delcorde, speaking to reporters on March 8 at Ottawa's Rideau Club on Bank Street, says Belgium has more support for CETA than it did 18 months ago. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

March 14, 2018

Belgium's ambassador says his country is on board with ratifying the Canada-European Union free trade deal before the country's next election in 2019. After one part of the country held up the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement at a crucial point in 2016, “the perception [of CETA]....is ...

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