The EU and Indonesia will launch free trade negotiations in the autumn 2016. Initial plans to do so were launched in 2013, but the ‘scoping exercise’ necessary before the EU member states greenlight new talks had lasted particularly long. With France dropping its plans to tax palm oil – a …
South Asia & ASEAN
Protectionism reports: India, Brazil, Russia, and trade defence in focus
New EU Commission and a WTO/OECD reports highlight latest protectionist trends in G20.
Iran: US sanctions seen as obstacle to trade and WTO accession
The Parliament is preparing to debate Iran in the next Plenary session on 22 June. MEPs Marietje Schaake and Bernd Lange have prepared an Oral Question, expressing worry about barriers to EU business from continued US sanctions on the Middle Eastern country. In October 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …
CETA: Dutch MPs call on Commission to wait for Singapore CJEU verdict before applying Canadian deal provisionally
Members of the upper and lower house of the Dutch parliament have called on the Commission to wait for the verdict of the Court of Justice of the EU before applying CETA ‘”provisionally” and to clarify the notion of what timeframe the notion of “provisional” entails. CETA, the EU …
How the EU liberalises agriculture in its latest FTAs
Our new Monthy Brief EU FTA tariff schedules – trends in agriculture and food is out. ****
Human rights issues increase uncertainty for Morocco, Vietnam trade deals
An EU trade agreement with Morocco was thrown into disarray after a Court of Justice of the EU ruling on its human rights consequences for Western Saharan people. The recently concluded trade deal with Vietnam could also see rough times ahead after the EU Parliament picked up on the EU’s …
EU and Vietnam ink their FTA
The EU Vietnam free trade deal is a likely big win for European investors in cutting edge sectors such as healthcare, and for Vietnam as an investment hub in the ASEAN region. By Iana Dreyer
Exclusive – MEP Jan Zahradil: Parliament should endorse EU Vietnam FTA
Jan Zahradil (CER), rapporteur of the EU-Vietnam FTA in the European Parliament and Chairman of a newly established Friends of Vietnam group of MEPs, shared his views with Borderlex on the free trade agreement which Brussels and Hanoi aim to ink next week. Below, his interview with Iana Dreyer.
COMMENT – TPP and the EU Vietnam free trade agreement
With the Transpacific Partnership signed, the EU can ill afford to see its free trade agreement with Vietnam fall through. By Iana Dreyer.
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