Diplomatic Circles

EU putting pressure on laggard members to fully ratify trade pact with Canada

Ten of the European Union's 27 member states have yet to ratify the free trade deal that was inked in 2017.

Belén Martínez Carbonell, secretary general of the European External Action Service, says that the EU won't accede to Canada's Pacific Rim trade deal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

March 4, 2026

The European Union says it is putting pressure on 10 member states that have yet to ratify its free trade agreement with Canada more than eight years after it was first signed.

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