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Flash news: EU inks trade deal with Southern African region, eyes conclusion of Eastern African region.
With the announcement of the conlcusion of a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with an African grouping, the EU Commission is starting to conclude free trade agreements launched many years ago.
Services and public procurement dominate 6th TTIP round
[sh_light_text ]A week of largely technical negotiations in Brussels sets the stage for more political arguments in months to come, writes Rory Cahill.[/sh_light_text]
Blog: Antidumping in the EU 2014 – the first six months
The EU Commission recently released statistics of the bloc’s first months of antidumping and anti-subsidy cases.
TTIP – Industry makes concrete proposals on technical regulations amidst increasingly shrill political debate
[sh_light_text ]Negotiations on the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) are being held this week in Brussels. Among the many issues discussed, ensuring that technical regulations on safety, health and environment do not become unnecessary barriers to trade is one of the most important. This is technically demanding and politically …
6th round of TTIP talks to be held in Brussels this week
[sh_light_text ]EU and US trade officials are meeting this week in Brussels to bring the trade and investment partnership (TTIP) negotiations one step further in a sixth round of talks that will focus mostly on the services sector. But the hardest decisions, those that will shape the outcome of the deal, …
Comment: Not going ballistic – Why Russia won’t start a trade war with Ukraine this time round
[sh_light_text ]High-level officials from the European Union (EU), Ukraine and Russia are holding a ‘trilateral’ meeting in Brussels today. They plan to address Russia’s commercial concerns about the impact the free trade deal (DCFTA) Brussels and Kiev signed in late June might have on its trade with Ukraine. Ukraine and …
European parliament’s trade committee make up emerges
[sh_light_text ]The make up of the European parliament’s new international trade committee (INTA) is starting to emerge as the EU’s democratic body elects its leaders in the coming two days. Rory Cahill and Iana Dreyer investigate who the members of the European parliament (MEPs) shaping the body’s approach to trade policy in …
EU-Japan trade deal to move ahead as Council members start softening stance on railway package
[sh_light_text ]Negotiations over the EU Japan free trade deal are set to continue after EU Council members signalled they were ready to compromise with Japan on the most contentious dossier in the politics of the negotiations so far: access to railway markets. [/sh_light_text] By Iana Dreyer
Blog: Trade, cities and TTIP
A draft paper by the ECIPE think tank in Brussels is currently being circulated and was discussed at a meeting in Brussels this morning. The paper, co-authored by Fredrik Erixon and Martina Francesca Ferracane basically asks how cities like London, Paris and Stockholm can prosper from TTIP, the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment …
