. >> i hope the frenench parliamet will adopt ceta. it has been good for france. it created jobs and possibilities. >> ceta eliminates roughly 90% of tariffs between the eu and canada. andlso allows european canadian companies to compete for government contracts in both regions. opponents, including farmers and environmentalilists, say ceta come with environmental risks. consequences for our planet and public services. >> they worry it could allow imports of meat raised on hormones and it w would b boostl from tar sands, some of the environment's most damaging. more than 7070 unions and environmental groups have signed a a letter asking french deputus to reject the deal, but given the large legislative majority ismacron's party, ceta expected to pass. >> a a court in istatanbul has acacquitted the turkey representativeve for reporteters without b borders and two other campaigners o on charges of terrorist propagaganda for collaborating wiwith the kurdish dailily. across to istanbul, where we are joined by johan. thank you. your reaction to this acquittal? >> thank

the eu's deal with canada is known as the comprehensive economic and trade agreement or ceta.oods to be traded tariff, or duty—free since 2017. the government had hoped canada would " rollover" ceta in the event of a no—deal brexit to maintain "continuity". could the secretary of state please explain why some nations such as canada are refusing to rollover their existing eu trade agreements whilst many other nations like switzerland have happily doing so? mr speaker, continuity of existing trade terms is in everybody's interest. i have to say that when this house of commons gives mixed signals about the possibility of a no deal, quite understandably, some of our trading partners wonder if it's actually worth investing and getting those continuity agreements. and what i would say to those trading partners is that no deal is not entirely within the control of the united kingdom. we may end up in a no deal agreement. it is in everybody's interest to have those safety nets in place. could he also tell us if he still thinks he was right to announce in the event of a no deal he woul