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Vancouver airport. Nationals of all other 26 EU states don't need a visa to enter Canada (Photo: Scott Beale)

Visa dispute to haunt EU-Canada trade pact

Bulgaria and Romania have raised the spectre of a veto on EU-Canada free trade due to a visa dispute.

"It would be very difficut for the governments of Bulgaria and Romania, under the current circumstances to find arguments to promote the adoption … [of the Canada trade pact] while Canada is still imposing a discriminating treatment to our citizens," the two countries’ EU ambassadors said in a joint letter.

They circulated the text, seen by EUobserver, on Thursday (12 May) ahead ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Vancouver airport. Nationals of all other 26 EU states don't need a visa to enter Canada (Photo: Scott Beale)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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