EU and Tunisia complete second round of negotiations for deep and comprehensive trade agreement
Tunisia | Brussels, 4 June 2018
The EU and Tunisian negotiators met in Tunis from 28 to 31 May for the 2nd full round of negotiations for an agreement on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
On the first day of the round, negotiations teams met jointly representatives of civil society including from trade unions, employers organisations and non-governmental organisations to discuss how they see the opportunities and challenges of a future DCFTA.
In this round, the teams went in-depth into each chapter to identify the issues that will need more focus during this year with the aim of reaching a political conclusion of the negotiations by 2019. The discussions were focussed and constructive in each group, with a particular progress made on provisions on geographical indications, on competition as well as on trade and sustainable development. A new text on energy and raw materials was tabled by the EU.
As usual, a joint EU-Tunisia report on the results of the round will be published on the EU Trade website shortly.
A third full round is expected to take place in the autumn in Brussels.
More on the EU-Tunisia DCFTA.
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