OTTAWA — The provisional application of Canada’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade agreement with Europe goes into effect today. It comes several months after parts of the trade deal were originally supposed to come into effect, but it’s better late than never for a Liberal government trying to position Canada internationally as a bastion for free trade. Canadian and EU negotiators agreed, when they signed CETA almost a year ago, that most of the deal should go into effect after the Canadian and European Parliaments ratified it. A few items that deal more specifically with national jurisdictions are being put off until all 28 EU member states have ratified CETA in their legislatures. Which EU countries have ratified CETA?

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 14:15 UTC