Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government is very much committed to free trade and expanding our global footprint in that regard. Free trade and trade agreements with other countries create good jobs and make us all better off in the long run. They also create opportunities for enterprises. As trade is a European competence, trade deals are negotiated on behalf of the 28 member states by the European Union. We recently concluded a trade agreement with Canada, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, and provisional application of that will begin this year.

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