Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Barroso shake hands as they exchange documents during a ceremony on Oct. 18, 2013 at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.
The European Union (EU) and Canada on Friday reached an agreement on
their free trade deal, aimed at boosting the two sides’ economic growth.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper reached a political agreement on the key
elements of the free trade agreement, the Comprehensive Economic and
Trade Agreement (CETA),a European Commission release said
It will be the first free trade agreement between the EU and a G8 country
The overall benefits of the agreement are expected to raise the level of the EU’s annual GDP by some 12 billion euros a year
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