Europe
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
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5-Dec-2018 The Guardian Who is behind the push for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US?
A nexus of libertarian thinktanks in both the UK and the US propose a bonfire of tariffs, quotas and anti-competitive rules. -
28-Nov-2018 Euractiv The EU’s trade challenge
The international trading system is facing a crisis – but protectionism isn’t the biggest test EU leaders must deal with. -
19-Nov-2018 Finance Tribune Duma endorses Iran-EEU free trade zone deal
Russia’s State Duma has endorsed an agreement for the establishment of a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union. -
19-Nov-2018 Express Trump’s ready! US offers UK this ’important step’ in bumper post-Brexit trade deal
The US has already started preparing to offer the UK a post-Brexit trade deal with this “important step”, officials have revealed. -
5-Nov-2018 The Guardian Post-Brexit US trade deal risk to food safety, says ex-environment minister
Lord Deben believes the British public will not accept lower standards of animal welfare. -
2-Nov-2018 Xinhua Ukraine, Israel plan to sign free trade deal this year
Ukraine and Israel are planning to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) this year, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv said. -
2-Nov-2018 Reuters Future EU-UK relationship likely an FTA plus equivalence plus MoUs: EU’s Huebner
The future relationship between the European Union and Britain after Brexit is likely to be governed by a free trade agreement (FTA), legal equivalence rules for financial services and memoranda of understanding -
27-Oct-2018 Le Monde How the lobbies used the threat of ISDS to neuter the Hulot Act
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. -
22-Oct-2018 L’Economiste Brexit/Maroc: Un ALE en préparation
En préparation de la nouvelle zone de libre-échange entre le Maroc et le Royaume-Uni post-Brexit, la Britcham vient d’adopter un plan d’action 2018-2021 visant à baliser le terrain pour créer l’environnement adéquat à de nouveaux accords bilatéraux. -
17-Oct-2018 Yeni Safak ’Turkey, UK should sign free trade agreement’
Yeni Safak, Turkey ’Turkey, UK should sign free trade agreement’ 17 October 2018 Anadolu Agency/Turkey and the U.K. should sign a free trade agreement (FTA) to protect bilateral trade from the effects of Brexit, said a member of the executive board of the Business Council of the U.K. on Tuesday. Speaking at the U.K.-Turkey Business Forum in Istanbul, Devrim Cubukcu said: "If countries do not sign an FTA, Turkey’s exports will be stuck in the U.K.’s customs and bilateral trade will be (...) -
14-Oct-2018 Armenpress Romania completes ratification of Armenia-EU CEPA
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. -
9-Oct-2018 Euractiv L’inclusion de l’Accord de Paris dans le CETA compromise
Paris souhaite faire du respect de l’accord de Paris sur le climat une condition sine qua non à la signature d’accords commerciaux européens. Un dossier sur lequel la France peine à faire avancer les Vingt-Sept. -
9-Oct-2018 Euractiv Inclusion of Paris Agreement in CETA at risk
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. -
8-Oct-2018 Bloomberg EU ready to offer UK ‘super-charged’ free-trade deal
The European Union is set to offer the UK a free-trade deal deeper than any agreement that’s gone before. -
2-Oct-2018 Veblen La régulation financière à l’épreuve de la politique commerciale européenne
Les accords de commerce en préparation introduisent de nombreuses restrictions au droit de réguler dans différents domaines, et en particulier dans le domaine financier, au risque de limiter la capacité des États à agir pour éviter la prochaine crise financière. -
2-Oct-2018 Financial Watch Financial regulation challenged by European trade policy
Trade agreements currently being negotiated or already approved introduce numerous restrictions over the right of states to regulate, especially in the field of financial regulation, and limits their capacity to react to ensure financial stability. -
26-Sep-2018 Challenges Brexit: L’UE ouverte à une zone limitée de libre échange
Les négociateurs de l’Union européenne sont prêts à offrir à Theresa May une zone de libre-échange, limitée géographiquement, après le Brexit mais il faudra en dehors de cette zone une frontière douanière. -
26-Sep-2018 Reuters EU open to free trade but not Chequers customs plan: document
EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free-trade area after Brexit but say that there must be a customs border. -
25-Sep-2018 Emerging Europe Georgia looking for US free trade agreement
The Georgian government hopes that the US will start intensive talks regarding the free trade initiative soon. -
24-Sep-2018 Swiss Info Swiss want to restart free trade deal talks with the US
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann believes that it is possible to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US. He wants to resume discussions that faltered over a decade ago.
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Central European Free Trade Agreement
On December 19, 2006, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on behalf of Kosovo signed an Agreement to amend and enlarge the Central European Free Trade – CEFTA 2006. -
DG Trade
The European Union’s bilateral trade relations webpage -
Foreign Trade Association
The Foreign Trade Association is Europe’s premier association for trade policy and global supply chains. It brings together over 1000 retailers, importers, brand companies, and national associations to improve the political and legal framework for trade. -
Global Europe Watch
This website has been set up to unite activists across Europe in their common struggles to stop Europe’s corporate takeover across the world. -
Handelskampanjen
The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system. -
RESH
Page de présentation de RESH. Centre de recherche en sciences humaines. Spécialisé en sociologie politique, en analyse de discours et en statistique textuelle -
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.
