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Now all eyes are on Belgium and Germany on the fate of the Canada trade deal (Photo: Andre Skibinski)

EU-Canada trade deal faces final hurdles

Officials in Brussels are holding their breath over the fate of the Canada-EU trade agreement (Ceta), which diplomats say will decide the EU's future trade policy.

On Thursday (13 October) Germany's consitutional court is expected to rule on the legality of the agreement after three German NGOs presented a lawsuit in August signed by 125,000 people.

They said the deal would undermine workers' rights and worsen consumer standards.

German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, wh...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Now all eyes are on Belgium and Germany on the fate of the Canada trade deal (Photo: Andre Skibinski)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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