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- The European Union and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) parties on March 27 agreed to advance a digital trade deal focused on e-commerce, data flows, and storage.
- Maninder Sidhu, Canada's Minister of International Trade, called the move historic, saying it could unite 1.6 billion people and $35 trillion in economies.
- An EU spokesperson said the deal could model future agreements.
- Parties will refine the agreement's specifics.
