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EU-New Zealand FTA: Negotiating directives (May 2018)
22-May-2018 European Council
As released by the European Council
EU to approve free-trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
22-May-2018 SBS
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
Italian populists post final version of gov’t "contract"
21-May-2018 Xinhua
The document opposes international trade treaties such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
EU-Azeri trade pact will be ready in 2019
21-May-2018 Euractiv
An EU-Azerbaijan trade and political agreement will be ready for ratification in 2019, says Javanshir Feyziyev, co-chair of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
EU heads discuss bold-or-fold strategy toward Trump tariffs
17-May-2018 Reuters
European leaders sought unity toward threatened US import tariffs on steel and aluminium, balancing the views of those most fearful of a trade war and those determined not to be bullied into concessions.
EU-Tunisia negotiations: Free trade without trading freedoms?
15-May-2018 CADTM
With the DCFTA, the EU offers Tunisia to sign an international treaty to further open its economy: for goods, services and capital.
Draft Council conclusions on the negotiation and conclusion of EU trade agreements
12-May-2018 European Council
EU member states approved the Commission plans to keep investment protection provisions seperate from trade agreements so that they can be approved without the ratification of national or regional parliaments.
EU/New Zealand free trade agreement must meet meat sector concerns, say experts
9-May-2018 Global Meat News
With a new European Union EU/New Zealand customs agreement coming into force, EU farm body Copa-Cogeca has warned that anticipated follow-up trade talks should not boost NZ access to EU meat markets.
European Parliament delegation in China to discuss trade
9-May-2018 Latin America Herald Tribune
The European lawmakers will discuss the recently-imposed US tariffs on steel and aluminum, the question of overcapacity, a bilateral investment agreement, market access and intellectual property rights among other topics.
Paraguay to host new round of EU-Mercosur negotiations in mid-May
9-May-2018 Santiago Times
Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga confirmed that he is in contact with his peers to define the date of the meeting that would be in Asunción.
EU-Japan FTA text (Dec 2017, updated Apr 2018)
8-May-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Singapore trade and investment agreements: Final text (Apr 2018)
8-May-2018 European Commission
Authentic texts as of April 2018
EU-Mexico FTA: Agreement in principle text (Apr 2018)
8-May-2018 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
EU- Japan EPA presented to the European Council, ratification begins
7-May-2018 Lexology
On 18 April 2018 the European Commission (the “Commission“) presented the finalised text of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (“EPA“) to the European Council and thereby took the first step in the EPA’s ratification process at the EU level.
The EU caught in the trap of Nigeria’s refusal to sign the West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the Continental Free Trade Area
7-May-2018 SOL
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria very explicitly stated to the new Ambassador of the European Union that Nigeria was determined not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement for West Africa.
Ratifying CETA after ’Achmea scandal’ is anti-European
6-May-2018 EU Observer
Keeping the European project alive requires EU members to abide by the principle of loyalty to European institutions.
EU open to ’limited’ US trade deal: Top official
6-May-2018 Indian Express
Malmstrom spoke just days after Washington granted Europe and other allies a one-month delay from imposing controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium, averting a trade war for now.
France supports Australia-EU FTA: Macron
2-May-2018 Xinhua
French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Australia’s push for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.
Germany pushes EU trade deal with US in tariffs row as trade war looms
2-May-2018 Daily Express
Germany is pushing a watered-down version of the EU’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in a desperate last-ditch attempt to head of a looming trade war between the bloc and Donald Trump’s United States.
Ukraine eyes patent law reform after civil society push on medicines access
2-May-2018 IP Watch
Ukrainian lawmakers are poised to approve sweeping patent reform legislation, driven in large part by a push by patients’ groups for better access to affordable medicines and healthcare.