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16th Oct 2016

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Wallonia to block Belgium's Ceta signature

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The president of the Wallonia region, Paul Magnette, said on Friday that he would not give Belgium's federal government a mandate to sign, the EU-Canada free-trade deal (Ceta). According to Belgian law, the governement must have a mandate from all seven regional, linguistic and federal entities. EU trade ministers are expected to authorise the EU, at a meeting on Tuesday, to formally sign at a summit on 27 October.

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