The Council has endorsed the renegotiated Privacy Shield, the framework agreement between the EU and the US that allows US companies to transfer personal data to from the EU to the US. “This paves the way for the formal adoption of the legal texts and for getting the EU-U.S. Privacy …
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Greens reject new EP report on EU trade strategy
The Green group joined the right-wing and left-wing populists in Parliament to reject a report on the EU’s November 2015 EU trade strategy Trade For All. The Parliament report on the strategy, drafted by an Italian Five Star Movement member Tiziana Beghin, entitled A forward-looking and innovative future strategy …
CETA ratification saga: EPP endorses Commission view – France ready to block
The CETA ratification saga continues unfolding. There’s been a stir since Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced on Wednesday that the Commission would put the Canada EU trade deal CETA to the member states next week with the suggestion that it is a deal that falls under the exclusive competence of …
In brief: EU and China holding BIT negotiation round
EU-China bilateral investment treaty negotiations for some reason appear to happen under the general media radar… The Commission wants to achieve market openings and investment protection provisions with China. The talks held so far since 2014 have advanced slowly, and no proper discussions on concrete market liberalisations nor on investment …
Jean Claude Juncker in Russia: tough talking – but talking
The president of the EU Commission took a controversial decision to accept to give a keynote speech at the annual St Petersburg Economic Forum today (16 June 2016). The speech he delivered today there sent two types of messages: to EU audiences, that there is a need to “talk with …
Chatham House Conference: Global Trade 2016
TTIP: A reality check on procurement markets
A new think tank paper says EU and US government procurement markets are similarly closed to foreign bidders, and that TTIP is a good opportunity for Washington and Brussels to look at improvements in national legislations. But the EU’s current approach to procurement in international trade, which is to threaten its …
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Russia likely to curb Ukraine imports over EU pact
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