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OTTAWA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Canada and European Union on Friday signed here a comprehensive economic pact with view to strengthening and deepening the strategic partnership between two sides.
The pact, entitled Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ( CETA), was signed by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council and Jos Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission.
The deal would see Europe buying more Canadians seafood, pork and beef, while Canadians would pay less for European imports like food, wine and cars. Negotiations for the deal ended in August.
The deal sill needs to be approved by the European Council and the EU parliament.
After the signing the agreement, the leaders of Canada and the European Union issued a joint declaration, hailing the deal as the start of a new, dynamic chapter in relations between Canada and the EU, which will help establish a range of cooperation mechanisms that will ensure continued collaboration between Canada and the EU, generate more trade and two-way investment, as well as promote jobs and growth.
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Canada, European Union Sign Comprehensive Economic Pact
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - European Union leaders said Friday their major trade agreement with Canada has the backing of all 28 EU countries as they firmly dismissed concerns that some European countries might scuttle the deal.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy gave those unequivocal assurances as they bookended Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a joint Parliament Hill press conference to finalize the closing of five tough years of negotiations.
The short Canada-EU summit is to celebrate the end of the free-trade talks, but there are still some potential obstacles ahead. The federal government also released the full text of the agreement, following years of criticism that the negotiations were too secretive.
German opposition to the deal resurfaced in the country's parliament again on Thursday, after it expressed concern last month that it could not support an investor state dispute mechanism.
The Canadian Press has learned there is also persistent worry that two unhappy eastern European countries could still derail the deal.
Canada requires visas for travellers from Romania and Bulgaria and some diplomats fear one or both of those countries could block ratification of the agreement if the requirement is not lifted.
Barroso said that a joint declaration that he, Van Rompuy and Harper signed just minutes earlier had the full backing of every member of the EU.
"The declaration that we signed was fully backed by all of the member states of European Union, including Germany," Barroso said.
"Until now, all the official communications we've received from Germany were absolutely in favour of this agreement. If would be very strange if it were to be otherwise because if I may add, the country that is going to benefit the most from this agreement is, indeed, Germany."
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OTTAWA The European Union leadership presented a united front on their trade agreement with Canada on Friday in an attempt to dampen concerns that some European countries might still scuttle the deal.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy stood shoulder to shoulder with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill, saying that all 28 EU countries support the deal.
Barroso and Van Rompuy joined Harper to declare in writing that their five tough years of negotiations were done and to push for a speedy final ratification of the deal in Europe and among Canadas 13 provinces and territories.
They did so in face of German opposition that resurfaced in the countrys parliament again on Thursday, after first rearing its head last month over the language of an investor-state dispute mechanism contained in a leaked text of the deal.
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The Canadian government also released the full text of the agreement on Friday, following years of criticism that the negotiations were too secretive.
The Canadian Press has also learned there is persistent worry that two unhappy eastern European countries could still derail the deal.
Canada requires visas for travellers from Romania and Bulgaria and some diplomats fear one or both of those countries could block ratification of the agreement if the requirement is not lifted.
Barroso said that a joint declaration that he, Van Rompuy and Harper signed just minutes earlier had the full backing of every member of the EU.