- Negotiations
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.
6-Apr-2014
Oman and the European Union (EU) are seeking to boost bilateral trade and investment by providing increased opportunities to the business communities on both sides to trade and exchange information.
21-Mar-2014
Reuters
More substantial parts of the agreement concerning free trade will only be signed after Ukraine has held new presidential elections in May, reports Reuters.
28-Feb-2014
EurActiv
Ukraine’s new government wants to sign its Association Agreement with the EU at the 20-21 March summit of EU leaders, a high-ranking diplomat told EurActiv today (27 February).
27-Jan-2014
RTS
Le conseiller fédéral suisse Johann Schneider-Ammann a laissé entendre samedi dans la presse alémanique que la question de la protection des brevets pourrait retarder l’accord de libre-échange avec l’Inde.
20-Jan-2014
20Minutes
Le Gouvernement suisse planche sur un projet d’alliance économique avec la Russie. Mais celle-ci s’appliquerait aux pays signataires de l’union douanière avec Moscou, dont la controversée Biélorussie.
24-Dec-2013
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak has said he does not rule out the possibility of signing an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU without the creation of a free trade area (FTA).
15-Dec-2013
BBC
The European Union has suspended work on a trade and association agreement with Ukraine after failing to get a "clear commitment" from President Viktor Yanukovych to sign it.
11-Dec-2013
SME Times
The lower house of Swiss parliament approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with China Tuesday.
3-Dec-2013
IB Times
A European Union official poured cool water over UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to China in which he said he wants to lay the ground for a free trade deal between the Asian economic giant and the 28-member state bloc.
28-Nov-2013
Bloomberg
The EU reiterated that the deal is still on the table. “We have to get over this either-or mentality,” Merkel said. “The Cold War is over.”
Links
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European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
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Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
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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.
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Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
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Friends of the Earth Europe’s special web section on trade deals
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The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
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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
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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.
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Greenpeace’s leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.
