CETA DEAL WILL BOOST EU-CANADA MINERALS TRADE SAY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
February 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN and Canadian minerals industries have broadly welcomed the approval by the European Parliament of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA), saying it would increase exports in an already flourishing trade.
This long-negotiated and highly contested deal, which could now apply from April as far as its key duty and quota liberalisation elements are concerned, will remove nearly 99% of tariffs on all goods traded between the EU and Canada and eliminate tax discrimination.
Despite fierce ...
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