Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed the CETA trade deal with the European Union in a ceremony conducted almost entirely in French and with slant toward the French-speaking Belgian district of Wallonia. It has threatened to refuse to sign but in the end arm-twisted by the rest of Belgium and the EU into agreement. Trudeau arrived in Brussels to meet the European leaders amid questions from the reporter as to whether he was angry with the Walloons. Trudeau just smiled. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement must still obtain ratification but this seems routine. The prime minister was delayed in leaving Ottawa by aircraft maintenance matters but arrived Sunday in good time for the signing.
After flight delay, Trudeau arrives in Belgium to sign CETA https://t.co/eEAtxXmTUi
— CTV News (@CTVNews) October 30, 2016
