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Brexit ‘might not stop awful Ceta’
Campaigners warn EU might try to railroad through deal

EU OFFICIALS could rush through the toxic Ceta trade deal with Canada before Britain leaves the bosses’ bloc, campaigners warned yesterday.

The European Commission suggested it may try to stitch up the trade treaty with Canada — similar to the hated TTIP agreement with the US — before the two-year clock runs out after Britain invokes Article 50 to quit the EU.

The BBC put to EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom that it would take two years to finish off Ceta, but she replied darkly that “it depends on how it is ratified.”

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