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Antwerp, in Belgium, is one of Europe's busiest portrs (Photo: imo.org)

Belgium gets Friday deadline on Canada trade

Belgium has until Friday to agree to the Canada-EU trade deal (Ceta), as it remained the key obstacle to the signing of the accord after trade ministers on Tuesday (18 October) failed to sign off the agreement.

Belgium's French-speaking region, Wallonia, has blocked the federal government to agree the accord, due to be signed with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in Brussels next Thursday.

"All but one member state is on board on substance," Slovak economy minister Peter Z...

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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.

Antwerp, in Belgium, is one of Europe's busiest portrs (Photo: imo.org)

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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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