Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that his country and the European Union must "lead the international economy," speaking before the EU Parliament one day after it backed the landmark trade agreement between the two parties.
The prime minister said the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU would "make commerce and job creation easier," ensuring that trade is inclusive and that everyone benefits from it, not just "the society's luckiest few." He called the Union "a truly remarkable achievement, and an unprecedented model for peaceful cooperation," adding that "the whole world benefits from a strong EU."
Trudeau's speech at the Parliament, the first by a Canadian prime minister, underlines his distance from both the United States under President Donald Trump, who questioned the future of the bloc, and from Britain, which has voted to leave it.
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