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Eurosceptic MEP David Campbell Bannerman celebrating CETA in the European Parliament 15-16 February 2017 Wariness about its own future in CETA has replaced Theresa May’s government’s initial enthusiastic embrace the EU’s new trade pact with Canada, Iana Dreyer writes. When the European Parliament ratified the EU-Canada trade agreement …
The EU Commission is set to act alone in a disputed solar panel antidumping case after appeals committee puts case in limbo. EU member states comprising 48 percent of the EU’s population agreed on Friday (17 February 2017) to the Commission’s revised proposal on the extension of solar panel duties …
EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Japan’s foreign minister Fumio Kishida held a meeting in Bonn, Germany, today, taking stock of ongoing free trade agreement talks as these appear to have stumbled. As previously reported by us, the more than three-year old trade negotiations with Japan have stuttered in …
Data on the European Parliament’s vote consenting to the Comprehensive Economic and Partnership Agreement with Canada released today reveal emerging new fractures in Europe’s political groups as pro-trade mainstream parties saw a rise in votes against the pact. The vote on CETA held in Strasbourg on Wednesday (15 February 2017) wielded less …
It took almost four years for the deal that replaces a 1993 cooperation agreement between the EU and Mongolia to be greenlighted by the European Parliament. On Wednesday (15 February 2017) MEPs approved a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement – PCA – with the Asian country squeezed in between Russia and China …
It’s almost impossible to see a negative opinion across Europe’s business community on the European Parliament’s vote in favour of CETA on Wednesday (15 February 2017). Even a big chunk of the free trade agreement-sceptic European farming and food sector is looking forward to trading under the pact’s new rules. United States observers, for …
On Wednesday (15 January 2017), the European Parliament will vote on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – or CETA. Should MEPs endorse the trade pact with Canada, the bulk of it will come into force provisionally in the spring 2017. The move will have been preceded by heavy campaigning for and against the …
Jakarta is not happy with a WTO dispute settlement body ruling that largely rebuffed a case it brought against the EU for applying antidumping duties on its exports of ‘fatty alcohols’. Today, it officially lodged an appeal in the WTO. In a panel report issued on 16 December 2016 the dispute settlement …
The week ahead will likely determine the fate of the EU’s trade policy as the European Parliament votes on Wednesday to adopt or reject the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada, also known as CETA. Crucial CETA vote Observers expect consent from the European Parliament, but the …
After a substantial acceleration of free trade negotiations between the EU and Japan, raising hopes a pact could be concluded in the early months of 2017, momentum has petered out. With a bilateral United States – Japan trade agreement to potentially replace the Transpacific Partnership which Japan signed with …
