About: bilateral trade Archives
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Lamy: EU should put China, Africa at the centre of its radar
China and Africa will be an important engine for economic growth in the next 20 years and Europe should seize the opportunity to engage with them strategically and not see them as a threat, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said Wednesday (15 May) in Brussels, where he attended the European Business Summit.
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EU pressures seven African countries to complete trade agreements
Seven African countries face paying tariffs on their exports to the European Union if they fail to honour trade agreements signed with Brussels in 2007, EURACTIV France reports.
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Study claims solar panel tariffs could trigger 242,000 job losses
A new study for the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy (AFASE) says that EU tariffs on solar panels from China could lead to 242,000 European job losses in the next three years.
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Obama calls for start of ‘comprehensive’ trade talks with EU
President Barack Obama on Tuesday (12 February) called for talks on a far-reaching free trade agreement with the European Union, throwing his weight behind a deal that would encompass half the world's economic output.
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EU-Canada trade deal delayed by agriculture spat
A dispute over how far to open agricultural markets to imports is holding up a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, officials familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday (5 February).
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EU and China locked in stand-off on telecoms
EU trade officials are to meet their Chinese counterparts in Brussels tomorrow (1 February) in an attempt to resolve a trade spat after China rebuffed attempts by the European Commission to barter legal threats in return for access to the Chinese market.
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High-level group to give green light for EU-US trade deal
The high-level working group on growth and jobs, set up at the last EU-US summit in November 2011, will give the go-ahead to launch negotiations for a transatlantic trade agreement, said Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU.
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EU, Singapore ink free trade deal
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, trade commissioner Karel De Gucht announced on Monday a free trade deal between the EU and Singapore, a move that should further open the Asian country's markets for financial services and make it easier for European automakers to export there. After the completion of negotiations by the European Commission, member states and the European Parliament need to sign off for the agreement to come into force.
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EU, Singapore ink free trade deal
The European Union and Singapore agreed terms of a free trade deal on Sunday (16 December), a move that should further open the Asian country's markets for financial services and make it easier for European automakers to export there.
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Rethinking Taiwan: How the EU should follow China into a trade agreement
Taiwan-based firms run a substantial amount of China’s economy thanks to their deep business, cultural and linguistic ties with the mainland. This should make Europeans rethink their approach to trade relations with Taiwan, write Patrick Messerlin, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Michal Krol.
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France, Italy win safeguard clause in EU-Japan trade pact
EU trade ministers overcame resistance from the car industry on Thursday (29 November) and agreed to start negotiations to create a free-trade pact with Japan, Europe's most ambitious step so far in a strategy to tie up deals with the world's biggest economies.
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EU, US companies push for ‘realistic’ transatlantic trade deal
SPECIAL REPORT / Companies on both sides of the Atlantic have urged EU and US policymakers to negotiate a ‘realistic’ trade and investment agreement that not only benefits their economies, but serves as a model for the rest of the world.
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After setbacks, EU prepares to make new venture into industrial policy
SPECIAL REPORT / A European Commission communication to re-launch European industrial policy – to be published next month and seen by EURACTIV – will face diffidence from member states left unconvinced by a string of unfulfilled initiatives and divided over what such a policy should deliver.
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Why China wants a strong Europe
There is no stronger motive today to unify Europe than the growing emergence of China, writes Pierre Defraigne.
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China keen to avoid EU’s CO2 market problems
China is considering price control mechanisms and tightly regulated markets for its emissions trading schemes (ETS) in a bid to avoid the price volatility and scandals that have hit Europe's ETS, as surveys show the country has reached European per-capita emission levels.
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Colombia and the EU: Agreement is a step forward
Colombia is transitioning from a country torn apart by internal conflicts to a spirited democracy complete with a functioning rule of law, says Günther Verheugen. Europe should encourage this with an EU-Colombia trade agreement, he argues.
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EU-Latin America trade deals in troubled water
The European Commission has hailed an EU trade agreement signed Tuesday (26 June) with Colombia and Peru as an exciting investment opportunity but NGOs and trade unions have expressed concerns over social and human rights record of the Latin American countries.
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Overcoming cultural barriers to build business ties with Asia
Cultural barriers – and languages in particular – remain a significant obstacle to trade relations with South Korea and Japan and continue to hinder the development of European businesses there, despite bilateral trade agreements, writes Thierry Fournier.
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EU to confront China with ‘reciprocity’ in public contracts
Tired of seeing European companies blocked from Chinese public tenders, the European Commission is preparing plans later this month that will allow individual EU countries to bar foreign bids from countries that refuse to open up their public procurement markets, EURACTIV can reveal.
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‘Dirty trade’ challenges EU vision of recycling society
While the EU seeks to curb its import dependency on raw materials through better re-use and recycling, the bloc remains a top exporter of all sorts of waste – including paper, plastics and metals.
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EU and Japan kick off protracted trade talks
The European Union and Japan made commitments on Saturday (28 May) to launch "pre-negotiations" in view of signing a free trade agreement (FTA). But they failed to set a precise timeline and maintained opposing views on the automotive sector and other sensitive areas.
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EU-Pakistan trade plan faces fresh criticism
A plan to liberalise trade with Pakistan following last year's devastating floods is under fire for its expected impact on the EU's biofuels and textiles industries, especially in crisis-hit Portugal, according to internal documents seen by EURACTIV.
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UK: Cut EU budget or face ‘backlash’
The EU budget must be slashed, according to UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, who warned of a "backlash" across Europe if citizens are hit with cutbacks while Brussels' budget is untouched.
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Call for EU-Japan ‘economic council’
Europe and Japan should establish a new body to strengthen economic relations, according to BusinessEurope, an industry group.