(27 Oct 2016) The Belgian government has reached a deal to back the free trade deal between the EU and Canada on the day the agreement was supposed to be officially signed with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
The landmark free trade agreement will be signed within days after the Belgian government overcame an impasse with its regional authorities on Thursday.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said his national government had reached a deal with the holdout region of Wallonia.
The region held a veto over the country's ability to back the trans-Atlantic trade agreement.
And the EU, in turn, needed unanimity among all its members.
Wallonia leader Paul Magnette said Thursday said the deal was worth fighting for.
Magnette said Wallonia's insistence on a better deal would bolster EU standards and set a strong precedent for other trade talks between Europe and trading partners like the United States or Japan.
The deal will go through regional legislatures by Friday night.
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