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Statement of Trade Justice Pilipinas : Human rights should be central to EU- Philippines partnership
21-Mar-2018 Trade Justice Pilipinas
Trade Justice Pilipinas is alarmed over reports that the European Union is wavering on its commitment to protect and promote human rights in the context of its long-term strategic partnership with the Philippines.
ASEAN countries unconvinced by EU trade pact
21-Mar-2018 EURACTIV.com
South East Asian countries are dragging their feet on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, with officials saying that the countries still need to be convinced of the benefits of the region-to-region deal.
Multilateral investment court: Council gives mandate to the Commission to open negotiations
20-Mar-2018 European Council
The Council adopted the negotiating directives authorising the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the EU, a convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes.
Geographical indications: EU digs in on FTA until label issue resolved
19-Mar-2018 Weekly Times
There will be no Australia-­European Union free-trade deal unless Europe wins exclusive use of key food and wine names, a top European official has warned.
MEPs back Ukraine-style ‘association’ deal for post-Brexit UK
15-Mar-2018 Euractiv
The European Parliament has backed a Ukraine-style “association agreement” as the model for future EU-UK relations after Brexit.
EP wants to include gender equality in free-trade agreements
15-Mar-2018 Euractiv
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to better account for gender equality in trade agreements. The commission could follow up on the resolution in its agreement with Chile.
China, EU close to BIT: reports
15-Mar-2018 Global Times
Despite rising concerns about Chinese investment among some European officials, China and the EU are moving fast toward completing a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and a free trade agreement (FTA), according to media reports.
Revive trade deal talks to avoid trade war, EU urges Trump
15-Mar-2018 Reuters
The European Union urged the United States to revive trade talks rather than escalate a dispute over tariffs on metals and cars.
MAN cautions FG on free trade agreements
14-Mar-2018 Vanguard
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the Nigerian government not succumb to the pressure by the European Union to sign the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement as well as the African Continental Free Trade Area.
EU-Mexico FTA: Draft investment chapter (Feb 2018)
14-Mar-2018
Court in confusion – the EU and Western Sahara
13-Mar-2018 Euractiv
Representatives of the Polisario Front, the independence movement which claims to represent the people of Western Sahara, say that talks should now start on a separate EU-Western Sahara agreement.
UK faces ‘cliff edge’ over EU trade pacts, warn MPs
13-Mar-2018 Euractiv
Rolling over EU trade agreements with third countries after Brexit must be treated as “an urgent priority” if the UK is to avoid a trade ‘cliff edge’, UK MPs have warned.
India, EU to decide fate of trade agreement next month
13-Mar-2018 The Economic Times
India and the European Union will discuss next month resumption of the much-delayed Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) that hasn’t progressed much over the past five years.
UK defies EU over Indonesian palm oil trade, leaked papers show
12-Mar-2018 The Guardian
UK is pushing for a deal that would boost imports linked to deforestation despite EU moves to ban unsustainable palm oil, diplomatic papers reveal.
EU, ASEAN ministers call for greater efforts to advance trade talks
12-Mar-2018 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Officials from the EU and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) pledged on Friday 2 March to speed up their efforts to negotiate free trade agreements, both at the bilateral level and eventually at the region-to-region level, following a meeting in Singapore.
Banks line up behind British government in EU trade battle
8-Mar-2018 Reuters
Banks and insurers lined up to back the British government’s demand that a future trade deal with the European Union must include financial services, putting them on a collision course with Brussels.
France rules out UK bid to include banks in EU trade deal
7-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
French Economy Minister rejects financial services to be part of a free-trade deal with the European Union after Brexit.
Case studies demonstrate EU member state protections threatened by CETA
7-Mar-2018 CIEL
Regulating in the public interest at risk if Member States ratify Canada-EU trade deal
Palm oil issue must be resolved ahead of Asean-EU FTA, says Mah
7-Mar-2018 The Edge Markets
Palm oil would be at the top of Malaysia’s agenda on its free trade talks under the Asean with the European Union (EU).
The arbitration clause in the Agreement between the Netherlands and Slovakia on the protection of investments is not compatible with EU law
6-Mar-2018 Court of Justice of the European Union
That clause removes from the mechanism of judicial review of EU law disputes which may relate to the application or interpretation of that law.