Wonder where we are in a range of free trade agreement negotiations of the EU? Here’s a short update on selected trade agreements.
Thailand
EU Thailand free trade agreement: member states want mandate revised
The European Union is preparing to re-launch free trade agreement negotiations with Thailand, a key member of the South East Asian grouping ASEAN.
In brief: EU member states pave way for Thailand FTA talk resumption
Foreign ministers of the European Union agreed to upgrade relationships with the South East Asian country Thailand at a meeting in Luxembourg today. Among others, the upgrage involves resuming trade agreement negotiations. These had begun in 2010 but were halted after the Council asked the European Commission to suspend negotiations …
Blog: Malmström on human rights, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam
The EU recently initiated steps to remove trade preferences reserved for the world’s poorest countries that were granted to Cambodia and Myanmar. One wonders: is this the right policy course? The policy would lead to the potential laying off of thousands of workers in apparel factories. These have been sprouting …
A week in Brussels: Western Sahara, Thailand, EU trade budget
This week was largely dominated by the European Parliament’s work on trade, the transatlantic trade rift and the deepening crisis of the WTO’s Appellate Body. This is what we wrote about this week: The WTO Appellate Body crisis here and here Southern Africa and UK trade post Brexit State of …
ASEAN: An afterthought in EU trade policy?
There’s about one year to go before its top leadership gets renewed. Yet the European Commission risks missing out on the early harvest it reaped in its free trade agreement negotiations with ASEAN members in the first years of this legislature, writes Iana Dreyer. The EU’s executive is trying …
A week in Brussels – Taking on China – South America – ASEAN – Trade Valentines
With many people out of town skiing it’s been comparatively quiet in Brussels town itself. A lot happened actually outside of Brussels. Trade pros even got time to write #TradeValentines poems. EU and US join Japan in plans to take China to WTO over tech protectionism A new …
