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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Leaders of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries group gathered in Brussels on Friday (20 October 2017) in a ministerial meeting with the European Union attended by the World Trade Organization’s chief, Roberto Azevêdo, and Argentina’s representative for the WTO’s upcoming 11th ministerial conference, Susana Malcorra. The gathering comes …
The heads of EU governments who met on Thursday and Friday (19 and 20 October 2017) in Brussels agreed on a working agenda for the next two years and on Britain’s departure from the EU. Significant policy signals were sent on crucial trade policy files, namely free trade negotiations with …
EU and Mexican trade negotiators are holding technical meetings in Brussels this week with the aim of making progress on updating their Global Agreement of 2001. EU sources report progress in the negotiations. But there are significant challenges ahead in achieving agreement on sensitive topics in the time frame …
The European Parliament’s shadow rapporteurs on the package of reforms of the EU’ s trade-defence instrument agreed Tuesday (17 October 2017) on a set of compromises they are ready to discuss with the European Commission and the Council at a ‘trilogue’ meeting scheduled today in Brussels. Social and environmental provisions …
EU officials are in Washington to try and build bridges with the United States administration on trade. Commission vice president Jyrki Katainen is leading the EU delegation, with trade officials like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero also in the US capital. The quest for …
From Brexit to trade defence, an overview of the trade policy churn in the EU this week. Brexit transition The beginning of week in Brussels will be dominated by the whole Brexit affair. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May, her number …
Trade ministers gathering informally in Brussels on Friday (13 October 2017) discussed the announcements by Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in his September State of the Union speech: new free trade agreements, the separation of negotiating tracks for EU-only trade agreements and ‘mixed’ investment agreements, the publication of member state trade …
Trade MEPs adopted two similar resolutions on free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand on Thursday (12 October 2017) in Brussels. The move comes as the EU Commission awaits a formal mandate from the member states to launch these negotiations. The two agreements will be negotiated separately. …
The European Parliament’s INTA committee adopted the following reports today (12 October 2017): Start of EU Australia and New Zealand free trade agreement negotiations – Rapporteur Daniel Caspary: 38 in favour, 5 against, 1 absention Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks – Rapporteur Nicola Danti – 35 in favour, …
Britain and the European Union have formally notified their intention to table proposals at the World Trade Organization in view of establishing an independent schedule of commitments for the United Kingdom as the country prepares to leave the EU by March 2019. A joint letter to the world trade …
