TRADE

Key EU Official Backs Canada’s Stand on Cuba Sanctions: Sir Leon Brittan, vice president of the European Union, said on a visit to Ottawa that the European community has a “100% common view” with Canada that the legislation is an “unacceptable . . . application of U.S. rules to those outside the country.” Canada has been recruiting international support for its opposition to the U.S. law sanctioning foreign firms that do business with Cuba. The law was pushed through Congress and signed by President Clinton in the aftermath of the recent deadly attack by Cuban warplanes on two unarmed civilian planes flying out of Florida. Canada contends the law violates the North American Free Trade Agreement and it is joining Mexico in filing a World Trade Organization complaint.