Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Wnendt said a German newspaper report that Berlin would not sign a Canada-EU pact containing an investor protection clause was premature and is not the position of the German government, according to The Toronto Star, Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a tentative free-trade deal with the EU last October, but talks have yet to wrap up. Canada is hoping the next major hurdle in the negotiations can be cleared by September, with the two sides initialing a ready-to-be-approved agreement and Germany is concerned about the hotly-disputed investor protection measures in Canada-European trade talks, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt says, but adds its not likely to derail the five-year-old negotiations. This is much too early at this point in time to say that because we still wait for the treaty as such as its been negotiated between the European Commission and the Canadian government, he told CBC-TV Monday. We havent seen the final proposal.
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