By Daily Mail Reporter and Joe Middleton For Mailonline
Published: 02:03 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 20 March 2019
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Britain is expected to sign a trade deal with Canada within days, but time is running out for dozens more agreements to be signed before Brexit.
Whitehall officials believe an agreement with Ottawa is achievable before March 29, when the UK is scheduled to leave the EU.
It will effectively copy Canada’s economic pact with the EU for British companies after Brexit, and is a boost for Liam Fox’s Department for International Development.
Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, walking outside Downing Street yesterday, promised to secure up to 40 free-trade agreements in 2017, but the UK has so far only agreed seven
The UK is the biggest trading partner Canada has within the EU, so a deal is significant for both sides across the Atlantic.
Mr Fox, the International Trade Secretary, promised in 2017 to secure Britain up to 40 free-trade agreements replicating existing EU
