Canada-EU trade deal: Go big or go home

Canadian business and consumers have much at stake as the next round of negotiations between Canada and the European Union toward a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement gets under way in Ottawa this week. A significant opening up of trade between Canada and the EU will support higher incomes and a more dynamic economy in Canada, but also generate more competition. With an early 2012 deadline looming for completing a deal, negotiators will soon be getting down to the tough tradeoffs that

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