We obtained a copy of the ‘Pact for Europe’ proposal sent by a group of four leading French business associations to president-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday. The business groups are the Medef, the biggest French business group, AFEP, the association of French big businesses (CAC40), the Groupe des …
Author: Iana Dreyer
Commission seeks to flex muscles on investment, TDI, tax, procurement
The European Commission’s follow-up report on its March 2017 White Paper on the Future of Europe union recommends clamping down on tax evasion, strengthening trade defence, and promoting greater reciprocity in public procurement as a means to equalise the rules of the open global market place going forward. It also mulls investment …
ECJ annuls Commission decision to reject citizen petition on TTIP and CETA
The Court of Justice of the EU annulled a decision by the Commission to reject a 3-million signature petition to be recognised as a European Citizens Initiative. The petition requested that the mandate given by member states to the Commission to launch negotiations towards the transatlantic trade pact TTIP and …
In brief: French business bosses ask Macron for “really dissuasive” trade defence
In a joint letter sent to president elect Emmanuel Macron on 9 May 2017, four leading French business organisations have asked the new dweller in the Elysée Palace in Paris for a new “European pact”. The letter signed by Medef, AFEP – the big business organisation, and the industrial group …
African Caribbean Pacific group fears consequences of EPAs, Brexit
ACP countries met in Brussels this week to discuss ways to better coordinate their coming relationships with the European Union. Signs are the disparate group of 79 countries – all former colonies of EU member states – has found some common ground as a successor agreement to the 2020 Cotonou …
Lords : Government “overconfident” on WTO agriculture deal
A new House of Lords report on British agriculture trade after Brexit calls on the government in London to seek a transitional arrangement with the EU to help British farmers adapt to a new environment. The key concerns expressed by farm groups include the future of agriculture subsidies, and …
In brief: EU Brexit negotiating goals to include goods trade conditions
The EU formally set out its negotiating principles today. Trading conditions for goods placed on the market feature among the top priorities for the bloc. The EU’s main priorities for what it terms the ‘first phase’ of the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc in 2019 following its triggering of the …
Council agrees on new TDI methodology
Member states have agreed on a new methodology to calculate antidumping duties after almost six months of internal negotiations. The suggested methodology will apply to all trade defence cases in future once adopted. The change to the EU’s basic antidumping regulation follows on plans to do away with a specific methodology – the …
Week 17 in pdf
Dear subscribers, this week’s stories all wrapped up in a pdf for you HERE. The headlines: Insight: EU ACP – the EPA and post-Cotonou human rights conundrum Garment: MEPs want the Commission to regulate on sustainability standards Trade creeps into EU27 draft Brexit directives Blog – Chin chin …
Trade creeps into EU27 draft Brexit directives
The European Union’s latest version of its draft directives for the Brexit negotiations are shaping up. New elements to the negotiating directives include: an arrangement on goods placed on the UK and EU market before the UK’s withdrawal date from the EU (set for 29 March 2019), the mutual …
