Canada-EU talks facing delays

Published January 19, 2011

Even as Canadian and European Union negotiators sit down this week for the sixth round of free trade talks, a series of sensitive issues—both political and technical—are causing delays.

A Canadian request for inclusion of a dispute settlement mechanism similar to NAFTA's controversial Chapter 11 is stalling part of the talks, as the European Commission must obtain an extended negotiating...

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