MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Thursday, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union said that he would like relationship between London and Brussels after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union similar to the model framed by the CETA.
"We have been sharing at a technical level, you know some real details of exactly how CETA works… We have 300 trade negotiators in Canada. It certainly takes a big very expert team to negotiate trade agreements," Freeland told BBC.
She added that securing trade agreements similar to the CETA was "really complicated."
In 2013, the European Union and Canada reached a political agreement on the key elements of CETA, which stipulates free trade regime between Ottawa and the 28-nation bloc, however, the trade negotiating mandate was made public only in December 2015, sparking controversy over the extra secrecy surrounding it. The agreement is expected to be discussed together with the Strategic Partnership Agreement at the EU-Canada summit in October.
