Reminder and Modification - Media technical briefing on Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Media Advisory

Modification: wording change in third paragraph

July 5, 2016 – Global Affairs Canada invites media to a technical briefing with officials on the next steps in the ratification of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Steve Verheul, Chief Trade Negotiator, Canada-European Union, Global Affairs Canada, will be joined by Pierre Marc Johnson, the Government of Quebec’s chief negotiator within the framework of negotiations on CETA.

Information provided at the technical briefing is for background information only, not for attribution.

Event: Technical briefing
Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Time: 10:30 a.m. ET
Location: National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Media representatives wishing to participate by phone should call 1-877-413-4814 (toll-free in Canada and the United States) or 613-960-7526. The access code is 8126298.

Contacts

Alex Lawrence
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of International Trade
alex.lawrence@international.gc.ca

Media Relations Office
Global Affairs Canada
343-203-7700
media@international.gc.ca
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