Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement: Officials acknowledge the negotiations arent quite completed, but International Trade Minister Ed Fasts office said Monday excellent progress is being made. , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. The current draft of includes provisions that, at least in Germanys view, would allow activists and individuals to use the courts to block a countrys legislature from passing some laws and regulations. Canadian officials are quietly preparing a ceremony to formally mark the successful conclusion of EU trade deal negotiations, but Germany says it too early to know what the final text will look like. A German newspaper kicked off of a flurry of speculation over the weekend by quoting unnamed German officials saying Europes leading economy would refuse to sign the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with Canada due to certain contentious provisions concerning investor-state dispute settlement regulations. Still bumps ahead
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