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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.

Russia plans to sign free trade zone agreements with five countries soon
7-Feb-2019 TASS
Russia expects to make free trade zones agreement with Israel, Singapore, India, Egypt and Iran in coming future, First Deputy Minister of Industry Sergey Tsyb said.
Stop ISDS! Rights for people, rules for corporations
22-Jan-2019 TNI
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Most EU countries to terminate intra-bloc bilateral investment treaties
18-Jan-2019 New Europe
22 of the 28 EU nations have committed to terminate their bilateral investment treaties and use their influence as home states and respondent-states to notify tribunals of the non-arbitrability of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties and Energy Charter Treaty claims.
Szijjártó meets with Belarusian counterpart in Minsk
15-Jan-2019 Budapest Business Journal
Hungary and Belarus signed an investment protection agreement.
Turkey ratifies free trade agreement with Serbia
14-Jan-2019 Serbian Monitor
The Turkish Parliament has ratified the new Free Trade Agreement with Serbia which creates prerequisites for more Serbian goods to be included in the duty-free regime in trade between the two countries.
The EU’s trade challenge
28-Nov-2018 Euractiv
The international trading system is facing a crisis – but protectionism isn’t the biggest test EU leaders must deal with.
Ukraine, Israel plan to sign free trade deal this year
2-Nov-2018 Xinhua
Ukraine and Israel are planning to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) this year, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv said.
How the lobbies used the threat of ISDS to neuter the Hulot Act
27-Oct-2018 Le Monde
The documents highlight for the first time the pressure placed on the French parliament by a foreign company’s threat to use the ISDS mechanism.
Romania completes ratification of Armenia-EU CEPA
14-Oct-2018 Armenpress
The Romanian parliament has finalized the ratification of the European Union – Armenia CEPA which was signed on November 24, 2017 in Brussels, Armenia’s Ambassador to Romania Sergey Minasyan said on Facebook.
Inclusion of Paris Agreement in CETA at risk
9-Oct-2018 Euractiv
France wants to make compliance with the Paris Agreement on climate a precondition to signing European trade agreements. However, this is an issue where France is struggling to get the other 27 EU members to agree.

    Links

  • Amfori
    European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
  • Collectif Stop Tafta / CETA
    Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
  • ESF
    The European Services Forum (ESF) is a network of representatives from the European services sector. We are committed to actively promoting the interests of the European services sector and the liberalisation of services markets throughout the world in connection with the GATS negotiations.
  • Eurochambres
    Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
  • FOEE: Trade
    Friends of the Earth Europe’s special web section on trade deals
  • Handelskampanjen
    The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
  • Pour
    POUR est un collectif citoyen qui met à votre disposition des analyses et prises de position d’experts, de philosophes, de sociologues, de juristes, d’économistes, de représentants syndicaux, de cinéastes, d’éditeurs belges et européens sur les accords de libre-échange
  • Seattle to Brussels Network
    The S2B network was formed in the aftermath of the WTO’s 1999 Seattle Ministerial to challenge the corporate-driven agenda of the European Union and other European governments for continued global trade and investment liberalisation.
  • Trade Leaks
    Greenpeace’s leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.