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Belgium reaches consensus on EU-Canada free trade deal: PM

BRUSSELS, Oct 27, (APP/AFP) – Belgian political leaders have reached a consensus in support of the EU-Canada trade deal, Prime Minister Charles Michel said Thursday, raising hopes it can be signed soon. “An agreement” has been found, Michel said after the latest round of marathon negotiations aimed at winning over holdouts in Belgium’s French-speaking communities who have held up the deal for the entire European Union.