[sh_light_text ]A long-stalled overhaul of trade rules on so-called novel foods is being scrutinised by the EU parliament, Jennifer Freedman reports.[/sh_light_text]
EU trade policies
Political heavyweights take on weighty trade dossiers in parliament’s trade committee
The European parliament’s trade committee (INTA) has distributed responsibilities among its members on specific trade negotiations or trade relations with specific countries or regions. The list of rapporteurs we have obtained is below.
Comment: Malmström nomination signals desire for continuity – but continuity isn’t necessarily desirable
Photo credit: European Parliament Cecilia Malmström’s nomination hearing in the European Parliament yesterday and the vote in her favour by the body’s trade committee today signal that both the European Commission and the Parliament prefer continuity over a rethink of European trade policy, opines Borderlex’s editor Iana Dreyer.
Gaining attention: New Zealand’s quest for a free trade agreement with the EU
New Zealand is pressing the European Union (EU) to begin free trade negotiations. The chances the request will succeed are better today than a decade ago, when Wellington first approached Brussels, Iana Dreyer has found out.
Russia warns Ukraine and EU not to implement Association Agreement
This article was first published by Business New Europe, our editorial Partner. Russian economy minister Aleksei Ulyukaev has warned Ukraine and the EU in a letter not to implement their Association Agreement signed on September 15. Otherwise Russia will place restrictions on its trade with Ukraine. Postponement of implementation of the …
TTIP good or bad for the climate?
[sh_light_text ] The Energy Post, the debating platform on EU energy policy, has published two opinion articles discussing whether the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) is good or bad for the climate. Take a plunge into the arguments and counter-arguments put forward by two eminent analysts, Ilana Salomon from the Sierra …
Blog: EP trade committee member votes on EU Ukraine Association Agreement
This week, the European parliament’s new team voted on the first free trade agreement submitted to it in the 2014-2019 legislature: the DCFTA that is part and parcel of the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine. The treaty with Kyiv was ratified solemnly at the same time as Ukraine’s own parliament on 16 September. The new European …
EU trade policy and TTIP: Waiting for Germany
[sh_light_text ]Germany plays a pivotal role when it comes to taking important trade decisions in Brussels. But Berlin isn’t articulating a clear strategy, nor really taking the lead. That means anyone seeking clues to the potential outcome of trade dossiers such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations …
Public procurement, environmental and health services new items for next round of TiSA talks
[sh_light_text ]’Plurilateral’ negotiations on services trade liberalisation (TiSA) are steering ahead as a ninth round of talks is being prepared in Geneva. Jennifer Freedman reports on what’s expected to be on the table in the next round of talks, scheduled on 21-25 September.[/sh_light_text]
Implementation of EU Ukraine DCFTA postponed until December 2015
On Friday the EU announced it had decided with Ukraine to postpone until December 2015 the implementation of the free trade agreement (DCFTA) they inked last June. The announcement had come after a day of tripartite discussions between Brussels, Kyiv and Moscow over the implementation of the deal.
