OTTAWA — Six years of negotiations are expected to culminate in the signing of a long-awaited free trade deal between Canada and Ukraine when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the country next month.
On Monday, Trudeau told a Canada-Ukraine business forum in Toronto that he will be in Ukraine on July 11-12 after attending the NATO leaders’ summit in Poland and visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where the Nazis killed more than 1 million Jews.
Trudeau called the trade deal a “priority,” according to prepared remarks. “We stand firmly beside Ukraine as you lead important reform efforts in your country,” he added, …read more
Source: National Post
