The Canadian Press: “There was some language … from an earlier draft of the declaration that was changed before it was actually put out. And it was just the way in which it was phrased,” he testified.
Nine of the 27 EU countries have not ratified the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.
…The joint statement initially included a line speaking to the importance of member states ratifying the Canada trade deal but Wilkinson said Brussels removed that phrasing over concerns from member states…