Italy In No Rush to Reject EU-Canada Trade Deal: Farm Minister
Posted July 31, 2018
Under Economic Issues, EU Customs Issues, International Trade Issues
(Reuters)
Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing.
Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), threatening the EU’s first major trade deal since an EU-South Korean accord launched in 2011.
However, Agriculture Minister Gian Marco Centinaio told reporters in Brussels: “Nobody is in a hurry to bring CETA to the chamber.”
Speaking before a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, he also said no date had been set for a parliamentary debate and that the government had not discussed this. Click here to read more.
Related:
- Italy’s New Government Wants to Reject the EU-Canada Trade Deal (Axios)
- CETA Sabotage Would Mark an ‘Own Goal’ for Italy’s Populists (Globe & Mail)
- Giuseppe Conte, Donald Trump’s Italian Cheerleader (Politico)
