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CETA: another stop. The French Senate did not ratify CETA
The free trade agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, which came into force provisionally in September 2017, aims to delete duties on approximately 99% of products produced between the two signatory customs territories. From EU side the CETA mus be rafied by:a) EU Parliament; b) the parliaments of all the member states. In this context, French Senate deleted in a proposal of law the article which should allow the ratification of the mentioned agreement. According to the declaration, published in the official website, you find below the reason of this approach is that it is important to protect the EU farmers from other competitors (Canadians or South Americans for…