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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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Joint statement by European NGOs: No EU trade agreement with Mexico without ex-ante sustainability impact assessment!
22-Dec-2017 OMCT
Given the catastrophic human rights situation, enormous social inequality and persistently high levels of poverty in Mexico the question of the social, human rights and environmental impact of the "modernization" of the EU-Mexico Trade Agreement is of paramount importance.
EU and Kyrgyzstan launch negotiations for new agreement
20-Dec-2017 Trend
It is expected that the new agreement will focus on political cooperation, trade and investment relations, economic cooperation in support of sustainable development, and other aspects of bilateral relations.
EU’s Barnier rules out full EU-UK trade pact in time for Brexit
13-Dec-2017 Reuters
There is “no possibility” that Britain and the European Union can conclude a free trade agreement by the time Britain leaves in March 2019, EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barner said.
MEPs overwhelmingly ratify EU-Kazakhstan landmark partnership agreement
13-Dec-2017 Euractiv
MEPs approved a landmark partnership deal with Kazakhstan, the EU’s first Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with a Central Asian country.
Brexit: ’Breakthrough’ deal paves way for future trade talks
8-Dec-2017 BBC
The UK, which is due to leave the EU in March 2019, has been keen to open talks on a new free trade deal as soon as possible.
Mexico sees EU trade deal by end of month
6-Dec-2017 Euractiv
Mexico and the European Union are working to wrap up negotiations on a new version of their 17-year-old trade deal
What Armenia’s new agreement with the EU means
5-Dec-2017 EU Observer
At the fifth Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, Armenia and the European Union signed a new framework agreement, dubbed the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement.
EU and Georgia adopt revised Association Agenda
24-Nov-2017 The Financial
The new document establishes a set of jointly agreed priorities towards further implementation of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.
Britain faces ‘TTIP on steroids’ as US trade talks begin, campaigners warn
14-Nov-2017 Common Dreams
Campaign group Global Justice Now has warned there are just months to stop ‘TTIP on steroids’ as the latest round of trade talks between the United States and United Kingdom governments begins in London.
Mercosur and Mexico trade agreements: The quest for a sugar fix
14-Nov-2017 EurActiv
There is intensive lobbying by European sugar beet growers against the prospect of widening of EU quotas for non-EU cane sugar as part of ongoing bilateral free trade negotiations.

    Links

  • Amfori
    European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
  • Collectif Stop Tafta / CETA
    Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
  • ESF
    The European Services Forum (ESF) is a network of representatives from the European services sector. We are committed to actively promoting the interests of the European services sector and the liberalisation of services markets throughout the world in connection with the GATS negotiations.
  • Eurochambres
    Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
  • FOEE: Trade
    Friends of the Earth Europe’s special web section on trade deals
  • Handelskampanjen
    The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
  • Pour
    POUR est un collectif citoyen qui met à votre disposition des analyses et prises de position d’experts, de philosophes, de sociologues, de juristes, d’économistes, de représentants syndicaux, de cinéastes, d’éditeurs belges et européens sur les accords de libre-échange
  • 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.
  • Trade Leaks
    Greenpeace’s leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.