Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Brussels a month from now to finally sign the massive trade agreement with the European Union that has been eight years in the making. But he won’t make the trip if there is no deal to ink — and there is a very real prospect the whole agreement could yet come unstuck. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was agreed in principle two years ago but has been in trouble ever since as an anti-trade backlash has swept across Europe and North America. Austria remains the biggest hurdle to the 28-country European bloc of countries signing off on the CETA. In particular, many SDP members argue that trade comes with no assurances that its spoils will be shared equally.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 20:14 UTC