EU, Canada agree to begin free trade agreement on Sept 21st

The European Union and Canada will begin a free trade agreement on September 21st, as part of a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) framework. 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement that 21 September 2017 will be the start of "the provisional application of the agreement, thus allowing for all the necessary implementing measures to be taken before that date."  The agreement will enter definitively into force once all 28 EU member states and parliaments ratify it.