Belgium's federal government will resume talks Wednesday on a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. That's after Belgium failed on Tuesday to overcome a veto from the region of Wallonia that is stopping the EU bloc from signing the CETA pact. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said the government can forge a common position with Wallonia.

Belgian foreign affairs minister, Didier Reynders, said, "The dialogue committee will resume and I hope that we can then give a signal to our European colleagues that we are ready to start the talks at a European level on the basis of Belgian propositions, which means that talks at a European level will resume."

The trade deal needs approval from all 28 EU member countries to be concluded. Wallonia premier Paul Magnette said he could not agree to an arbitration system in CETA that favours multinational corporations over national courts. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was due to fly to Brussels to sign the trade deal on Thursday. But EU officials said there would be no reason to have a summit with Trudeau if the EU isn't ready to finalize the deal.