Canada’s ‘win-win’ EU pact met with mounting concerns amid drawn-out confirmation

A vote against ratification of the Canada-EU trade pact in the French Senate is the latest threat holding up full implementation of the deal with nine other countries also still needing to pass it.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, pictured left alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on April 11, says that a 'good deal' would be lost if CETA isn't fully implemented. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 17, 2024

With the French Senate's vote against ratification of Canada’s trade pact with the European Union, the deal is increasingly under the microscope in the 10 countries who have yet to fully implement it.

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