Europe
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
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20-Jun-2018 Both Ends Lettre: Le renouvellement automatique du traité bilatéral d’investissement entre les Pays-Bas et le Burkina Faso
Both ENDS a envoyé une lettre, signée par différentes organisations de la société civile, à la Ministre néerlandaise du commerce et du développement, l’incitant à terminer le traité bilatéral d’investissement entre les Pays Bas et Burkina Faso. -
20-Jun-2018 Both Ends NGO’s send letter to Minister Kaag to call for termination of BIT with Burkina Faso
Both ENDS sent a letter, signed by various civil society organisations, to the Dutch Minister of Aid & Trade to urge her to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that exists between the Netherlands and Burkina Faso. -
8-Jun-2018 The Messenger Georgia-UK launch free-trade agreement consultations
The Georgian Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili announced that technical consultations on the free trade agreement with Britain will start by the end of 2018. -
7-Jun-2018 Alternatives Economiques L’Union peut-elle réconcilier le commerce international et l’environnement ?
S’agit-il de rendre le commerce moins polluant ou de mettre les accords commerciaux au service de la protection de l’environnement et du climat ? -
7-Jun-2018 European Commission EU and Chile complete third round of trade negotiations
Negotiators met in Brussels from 28 May to 1 June for the 3rd round of negotiations for a new, modernised trade agreement between the EU and Chile. -
5-Jun-2018 Web-agri Les éleveurs manifesteront le 10 juin contre « la malbouffe importée »
Le 10 juin, les éleveurs français manifesteront contre les accords commerciaux internationaux et la « malbouffe importée », aux côtés des agriculteurs de la FNSEA qui appellent ce jour-là à des blocages de raffineries. -
31-May-2018 Hamodia Free trade accord signed with Canada
Israel and Canada signed a new free trade agreement. -
31-May-2018 Stratfor Uncertainty is pushing the EU to speed up its trade deals
Worried about the future of global trade, the European Union is seeking to negotiate as many free trade agreements as it can. -
28-May-2018 AgriLand Trade deals with Australia and New Zealand could cause chaos for Irish agriculture
This week’s confirmation that the European Union (EU) is to commence trade talks with Australia and New Zealand has bad news written all over it from the perspective of Irish agriculture. -
28-May-2018 Oup Blog Investment law leads to more investment: A faulty premise?
When officials drafted investment treaties and arbitration, did they expect them to facilitate more investment? The answer that emerges from internal discussions among officials in the UK and the US is clear: no. -
28-May-2018 Power Shift Legitimising an unsustainable approach to trade
Simply throwing labour (or the environment, or sustainable development) objectives into the FTA mix adds a facade of legitimacy to the process of “deep integration” of neoliberal economic polices which are inherently antagonistic to these objectives. -
24-May-2018 Interfax Poroshenko, Erdogan discuss free trade agreement
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed a free trade agreement between Ukraine and Turkey. -
24-May-2018 Euractiv The EU is no progressive free trader: It’s exporting chronic diseases to Latin America
The EU has apparently chosen to put the trade goals of European tobacco companies ahead of their own commitments to sustainable development. -
24-May-2018 Metro Traités de libre-échange – Le Parlement de Wallonie approuve le traité controversé avec Oman
Le projet de traité d’arbitrage liant la Belgique et le Luxembourg à Oman a été approuvé, par le Parlement de Wallonie -
24-May-2018 Le Figaro L’UE pourra conclure certains accords sans l’aval des Parlements nationaux
Il sera à l’avenir possible de scinder les accords commerciaux en deux pour éviter que les traités puissent être stoppés par un seul Parlement national ou régional, comme ce fut le cas dans le passé pour le Ceta. -
23-May-2018 SBS EU approves free trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. -
23-May-2018 Les Echos Commerce : l’Union européenne s’ouvre au Pacifique
La Commission européenne va ouvrir dès cet été des négociations avec l’Australie et la Nouvelle Zélande pour conclure un accord de libre-échange. -
22-May-2018 Le Soir Accords commerciaux : Les gouvernements de l’Union européenne imposent le business as usual!
La Commission soumettra au Conseil des 28 représentants des Etats membres de l’UE les projet d’accords commerciaux entre l’Europe et la Nouvelle-Zélande et l’Australie. -
22-May-2018 SBS EU to approve free-trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. -
21-May-2018 Xinhua Italian populists post final version of gov’t "contract"
The document opposes international trade treaties such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
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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.
