Canada-EU reach tentative deal on beef and pork

[CHIMO]

Source: The Canadian Press

Canada and the European Union have quietly reached a tentative agreement on beef and pork, one of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of a comprehensive trade and investment deal.

Multiple sources tell The Canadian Press the two sides recently settled on a quota that is big enough to allow Canadian meat producers to penetrate the European market, but not so big that European farmers would feel threatened.

No one is talking publicly for fear the deal could unravel, falling victim to the horse-trading that characterizes the final rounds of trade negotiations.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-eu-reach-tentative-deal-on-beef-and-pork-1.1862423

[BelgianMadCow]

1. a roadblock less for a "comprehensive trade and investment deal"

called the Transatlantich Trade & Investment Partnership. It's the TPP sister.
Leaked draft here:
http://www.humanite.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/2013/huma_internet_2013-05-18_texte_commission1_0.pdf