The European Union’s difficulties in sealing a landmark trade pact with Canada because of opposition from a Belgian region is exposing the bloc’s wider struggle to get things done.The impasse over the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is not unique.The EU is also struggling to finalise a political and trade pact with Ukraine after it was rejected by a Dutch referendum.Born in the 1950s as a six-country group, the EU has expanded into a 28-member behemoth which for at least 20 years has grappled with, but failed to resolve, the issue of simplifying decision-making procedures.From the 1997 …read more
Source: Gulf times
