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Sustainable development | Brussels, 24 MAy 2019 98.5% of retailers interviewed in five EU Member States consider sustainability as a factor in product sourcing, according to a report by the International Trade Centre (ITC). The findings further reinforce …
Goods and services | Brussels, 23 May 2019 On 23 May, 59 WTO Members adopted a Joint Statement on Services Domestic Regulation, paving the way for a successful outcome on this issue at the next World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in June …
The EU and the WTO | Brussels, 23 May 2019 In Paris on 23 May, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met with US Trade Representative Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, and Mr. Hiroshige Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The three met …
Ukraine | Brussels, 21 May 2019 Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström is in Kyiv today for the 2nd informal Ministerial Meeting of the EU’s Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) to meet her counterparts from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. …
Goods and services | Brussels, 14 May 2019 The European Commission today adopted a proposal for a Council Decision authorising negotiations to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), to which the EU is part. These negotiations aim to revise the …
Goods and services | Brussels, 3 May 2019 The EU has today made public its text proposal on future rules and obligations on e-commerce as part of WTO negotiations on e-commerce endorsed by Ministers in the margins of the Davos World Economic Forum in …
Policy Brussels, 24 May 2019, 11:00 - 14:00 Meeting details Date 24/05/2019, 11:00 – 14:00 Location Charlemagne Building, Room Alcide de Gasperi, Rue de la Loi 170 Registration closes on 22/05/2019 at 12:00. Register to the meeting Retailers in France, …
Dispute settlement | Brussels, 30 April 2019 The European Commission welcomes today’s Opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union that the Investment Court System (ICS) provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between …
Bilateral Trade Relations by region | Brussels, 17 April 2019 The European Union is strengthening its political partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean by focusing it on four priorities - prosperity, democracy, resilience and effective global …
Agreements | Brussels, 17 April 2019 As part of its transparency commitment, the Commission today published reports summarising the progress made during the latest negotiating rounds with Australia (25 to 29 March) and Chile (1 to 5 April). The third round …
Dispute settlement | Brussels, 17 April 2019 The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on a preliminary list of products from the United States on which the European Union may take countermeasures in the context of the ongoing Boeing …
United States | Luxembourg, 15 April 2019 The European Commission welcomes today’s decision by the Council to adopt the negotiating directives for trade talks with the United States, thus continuing to deliver on the implementation of the Joint Statement …
Events Brussels, 20 May 2019 The European Commission is organising a stakeholder event to discuss the benefits of the modernisation of the trade part of the EU-Mexico Global Agreement. The lead negotiators from the EU and Mexico will outline the main …
Japan | Brussels, 10 April 2019 Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström co-chaired today the first meeting of the EU-Japan Joint Committee under the new Economic Partnership Agreement in Tokyo, Japan. The EU-Japan Joint Committee has adopted a set of …
Enforcement and protection | Brussels, 10 April 2019 The new EU framework for the screening of foreign direct investments has officially entered into force on 10 April 2019. The new framework is based on proposal tabled by the European Commission in …
South Korea | Brussels, 9 April 2019 EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström today co-chaired the 8th Trade Committee set up by the EU-South-Korea trade agreement. The Trade Committee is the most important institutional body established under the …
Market access for EU exporters | Brussels, 8 April 2019 The European Commission has included in its Market Access Database detailed information on the rules that the UK would apply on its imports from the EU in the event of a hard Brexit. It is based on …
Agreements | Brussels, 5 April 2019 As part of its transparency commitment implemented since the beginning of the current Commission mandate, the European Commission today published two reports summarising the progress made during the latest negotiating …
Dispute settlement | Brussels, 2 April 2019 Today, the EU has brought two disputes in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India and Turkey, respectively targeting unlawful import duties on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products and …
