EU public opinion has become less favourable to TTIP, the latest Eurobarometer poll suggests. By Iana Dreyer.
EU trade policies
COMMENT: EU trade policy outlook 2016
How could 2016 shape up in EU trade policy? It looks like the year will be less marked by the conclusion of significant trade agreements such as TTIP, but more by the domestic politics of China’s ‘market economy status’ and of trade agreement ratifications such as the Canada EU CETA. A …
Interview: Nairobi shows WTO is still a player in trade negotiations
The last Nairobi WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi did not reaffirm the original mandate of the 2001 Doha Development Agenda, to the disappointment of some WTO members. It has nonetheless delivered significant results, and shown that the WTO is sill a player in global trade negotiations, argues Stuart Harbinson* in a an exclusive interview with Borderlex’s …
Blog: So Philip Morris loses its ISDS case against Australia
Much ado about nothing? The TPP has a tobacco carve-out, the EU wants an investment court, campaigners are still saying ISDS is the incarnation of Evil on Earth. All this among others because Philip Morris brought a claim against Australia which is trying to clamp down on smoking, among others …
BLOG & quote of the day: “Right to regulate” in CETA
An interesting view on “the right to regulate” in the Canada EU trade deal CETA.
EU must use New Zealand as a testing ground for new model of FTA, says trade minister
Exclusive interview with Daniela Vincenti, Editor-in-chief of Euractiv, our content partner. Tim Groser, New Zealand’s Minister of Trade and Minister of Climate Change Issues, explains that EU and New Zealand can accelerate negotiations for an FTA if they move beyond the historical sensitivities, which are far from real, and try …
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
Russia likely to curb Ukraine imports over EU pact
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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.
