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As CETA looms, Canada braces for the European cheese invasion
10-Apr-2017 The Globe and Mail
With CETA, Canada agreed to import 18,500 tonnes of European cheeses annually by year six.
Japan, EU make some progress in EPA talks
7-Apr-2017 Japan News
Japan and the EU have effectively reached accords on over half of the 27 areas in the EPA negotiations.
Byzantine bilateralism
7-Apr-2017 World Policy Blog
Bilateral commercial negotiations can enable strong countries to dominate weaker ones.
Australia and EU agree on free trade deal ’scope and ambition’
6-Apr-2017 SMH
EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom and Australia’s Trade Minister Steven Ciobo formally agreed on the scope and ambition of a future FTA.
EU-Japan FTA - draft small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) chapter (EU proposal, March 2017)
6-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Japan FTA - draft good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation chapter (March 2017)
6-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Mexico says new EU trade deal is ’paramount’, eyes 2017 conclusion
4-Apr-2017 Reuters
A new free trade agreement with the European Union is of "paramount" importance for Mexico and both parties aim to conclude a deal this year, Mexico’s deputy economy minister has said.
“The most remarkable rejection of free trade you’ve never heard of”
1-Apr-2017 The Mint
Africans are insisting on actual economic development which is leaving European trade negotiators exasperated. Rick Rowden explains why their stand is historic and right.
EU offers Brexit trade talks, sets tough transition terms
1-Apr-2017 Reuters
The European Union offered Britain talks this year on a future free trade pact but made clear that London must first agree to EU demands on the terms of Brexit.
Mustapa: We are ready to resume FTA talks with European Union
28-Mar-2017 The Star
Malaysia is ready to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement with the European Union following the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Food retailers seek UK-EU free trade agreement
28-Mar-2017 Tax-news
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and other food industry representative bodies have called on the UK Government to secure two-way tariff-free trade with the EU in Brexit discussions.
Joint EU-Mercosur communique following the XXVIIth round of negotiations
27-Mar-2017 European Commission
Significant progress was achieved regarding the negotiating text in the three parts of the future Association Agreement between both regions: Trade Part, Political Dialogue and Bi-Regional Cooperation.
SOL comments to the EU delegation to SA’ press release of 16 March 2017
25-Mar-2017 SOL
South African poultry producers are fully justified to accuse the EU of dumping.
Romania - the end of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
24-Mar-2017 Lexology
The law approving the termination of agreements on mutual promotion and protection of investments concluded by Romania with other Member States (Intra-EU BITs) was published in the Official Gazette.
FTA brightens prospects of Vietnamese footwear products
24-Mar-2017 Vietnamnet Bridge
Prospects are bright for Vietnam’s footwear exports after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into force in 2018.
The subsidies to the EU exports of cereal products to West Africa in 2015 and 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The EU-West Africa’s Economic Partnership Agreement has planned to reduce to 0 the import duty on non-rice cereal imports from the European Union at the beginning of the liberalization period.
The EU28 subsidies on its exports of poultry meat and eggs to SADC in 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The SADC poultry producers are suffering heavily from the competition of imports given that poultry is the first agricultural sector and that per capita consumption is one of the highest in the world.
What to watch out for in the EU-Mercosur FTA negotiations: consequences for access to medicines
24-Mar-2017 IP Watch
Some of the main TRIPS-plus measures historically pushed for by countries such as the United States or the EU are being again proposed at the EU-Mercosur FTA.
EU deeply divided over Western Sahara policy
23-Mar-2017 Al Monitor
The ECJ has ruled that EU trade agreements can only apply to Western Sahara if the legitimate representatives of its people agree to it. In practice, the EU’s 2017 list of approved exporters from Morocco still includes entities based in Western Sahara.
EU suppliers push for Mercosur trade deal
23-Mar-2017 WardsAuto
The election of Donald Trump to the presidency in the U.S. and its potential impact on EU-U.S. trade talks has made the Mercosur negotiations that entered a new round this week a high priority for the European Commission.