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Australia targets EU trade deal in first half of 2023 - minister
8-Dec-2022 Reuters
Australia is pushing to seal a free trade agreement with EU authorities in the first half of 2023, its trade minister said.
Argentina urges EU to renegotiate South American trade pact - FT
8-Dec-2022 Reuters
Argentina President Alberto Fernandez has asked the European Union to renegotiate a landmark trade deal with South America, saying the agreement is unbalanced and a threat to the car industry in Brazil and Argentina.
Chile to sign modernization of bilateral agreement with the EU next week
7-Dec-2022 Reuters
Chile’s President said that the minister of foreign affairs will travel to Brussels at the end of the week to sign a modernization of a bilateral agreement with the European Union.
UK group loses legal challenge over Morocco trade agreement
7-Dec-2022 Reuters
Dec 5 (Reuters) - A campaign group on Monday lost a legal challenge to Britain’s post-Brexit trade arrangements with Morocco over goods from the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Bitter friends: Inside the summit aiming to heal EU-US trade rift
5-Dec-2022 Politico
The European Union is up in arms over Biden’s plans for hefty subsidies for made-in-America electric cars, claiming these payments, which partly kick in from January 1, are nothing more than outright trade protectionism.
German parliament ratifies CETA, urges other countries to follow suit
2-Dec-2022 Euractiv
The Bundestag has officially ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which has been under provisional application since 2017.
EU-India FTA (EU proposals, Mar 2022)
1-Dec-2022 European Commission
EU-India BIT text (EU proposal, Mar 2022)
1-Dec-2022 European Commission
What are the green promises that would facilitate the EU agreement with Mercosur?
30-Nov-2022 Pledge Times
The executive arm of the European Union is set to propose a series of environmental and climate commitments in an attempt to Facilitate the approval of a historic trade agreement with four South American countries.
European parliament urged to review deal with pro-Russia Algeria
29-Nov-2022 The North Africa Post
A group of influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) urged the head of the European Commission to review the association agreement with Algeria, a country that is about to pump 17 billion dollars into Russian coffers in arms deals that would give Moscow a financial boost.
The 33rd meeting of the Energy Charter conference held under the chairmanship of Mongolia
25-Nov-2022 Energy Charter
The conference expects to meet ad hoc in April 2023 to finalise the discussion on the adoption of the amendments to the ECT.
European Parliament resolution ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Energy Charter Treaty
25-Nov-2022 Client Earth
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to initiate the process toward a coordinated exit of the EU from the Energy Charter Treaty.
209 Civil Society Organisations say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights
24-Nov-2022 S2B Network
We civil society organizations vehemently oppose the splitting of trade deals, which would circumvent existing concerns about the negative implications of these deals on biodiversity, climate change and human rights issues.
Indigenous Indonesians want EU support on land rights
24-Nov-2022 Land Portal
As the EU and Indonesia work on a free trade agreement, one tribe is seeking European help to secure its rights. Many Indigenous peoples are at risk of losing their land as economic development increases.
India-EU FTA: Stock-taking meet to follow third round of talks next week
23-Nov-2022 The Hindu BusinessLine
Market access for key items, government procurement, IPR, digital trade, data secure status, labour, environment to be areas of focus
Brussels calls for pause in ECT reform talks after losing key EU vote
21-Nov-2022 Euractiv
The European Commission will ask to remove the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty from the agenda of an ECT summit on Tuesday 22 November after EU countries failed to reach a majority in favour of reforming the charter.
GCC nudges EU on free trade agreement talks
21-Nov-2022 albawaba
“The GCC EU FTA has been stalled for almost 30 years – a situation that does not reflect the strategic relationship between the GCC and the EU," said GCC secretary-general.
Activists rejoice as Berlin announces exit from controversial energy treaty
14-Nov-2022 Euractiv
The German government has announced its intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, following similar decisions in other large EU countries, which left activists jubilant.
German parties agree to ratify CETA, quit energy charter
14-Nov-2022 Reuters
Germany’s ruling coalition parties have agreed a raft of new trade policy measures, including quitting the Energy Charter Treaty and ratifying the CETA agreement.
Ireland must change law to ratify EU-Canada trade deal, court rules
14-Nov-2022 Reuters
Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that parliament cannot ratify the European Union’s free trade deal with Canada unless laws are changed, posing a challenge to the coalition government if it wants to avoid the matter going to a referendum.