EU, Canada strike free trade deal

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BRUSSELS, Oct. 18 -- The European Union (EU) and Canada have reached a free trade deal, the European Commission said Friday.

"We have taken a crucial step forward in strengthening relations between the European Union and Canada," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a joint declaration with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The EU-Canada agreement, the fisrt between the EU and a G8 member, will remove over 99 percent of tariffs between the two economies, said an EU press release.

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