UK, Canada secure "rollover" trade deal, pave way for new "tailor-made" talks next year

LONDON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Britain and Canada on Saturday secured a "rollover" trade agreement, which is expected to pave the way for starting negotiations for "a new tailor-made" bilateral trade deal in 2021, said the British Department for International Trade (DIT).

"The UK and Canada have locked in their existing trading relationship, worth 20 billion pounds (about 26.57 billion U.S. dollars), and agreed to begin negotiating a new more ambitious trade deal as early as next year," said a statement issued by the DIT.