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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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EU-Ukraine agreement on horizon
8-Feb-2011 Europolitics
If it "continues to demonstrate its determination" to satisfy the required conditions, Ukraine could sign an association agreement with the European Union during the Polish EU Presidency, in the second half of this year, said a diplomatic source in Warsaw
UK government’s consultation on new trade policy: Evidence from The Corner House
22-Jan-2011 The Corner House
In early 2011, the UK government plans to announce a new trade and investment policy for the next five years. To inform this policy, it gathered perspectives at the end of 2010, on “UK trade and investment performance and potential, the role of government on trade issues, the impact of global developments, both economic and otherwise, and the course of UK trade policy.”
EU lawmaking reform gives Brussels more power on trade
18-Dec-2010 EurQctive
European Commission plans to reduce member states’ influence on the EU’s day-to-day decision-making by reforming the so-called ’comitology’ procedure were yesterday approved by MEPs, shifting power over key trade decisions like multi-million euro import tariffs away from national governments to the EU institutions.
CIS summit to focus on free trade area
10-Dec-2010 Voice of Russia
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are to create a free trade area and single econonmic area
Turkey wants to sign free trade agreement with Ukraine
29-Nov-2010
Turkey is interested in expanding economic cooperation with Ukraine and introducing the visa-free regime between the two countries, Turkish Minister of Industry and Commerce Nihat Ergun has said at the Black Sea Economic Forum in Yalta, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported.
Putin’s free-trade proposal is ’just a smokescreen’
29-Nov-2010 Der Spiegel
The governments in Berlin, Warsaw and Paris are unlikely to be terribly thrilled. They fear domination by the Russian energy giant Gazprom, which is still majority owned by the Russian state, writes Der Spiegel
Merkel talks down chances of Russia-EU free trade zone
26-Nov-2010 AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday talked down the chances of a Russia-EU free trade zone ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who has floated the idea.
Free trade agreement between Ukraine and Israel may be concluded next year, President Yanukovych believes
24-Nov-2010 NRCU
This was aired by the Uklrainian President during a joint press conference with President Shimon Peres of Israel in Kiev. The two have already signed a bilateral investment treaty.
NGOs urge respect of rights in China trade talks
23-Nov-2010 swissinfo
Swiss non-governmental organisations have called on the government to push for human rights in planned negotiations with China on a free trade agreement.
The new EU’s 2020 trade strategy will reinforce the policies responsible for the economic, social and environmental crises
9-Nov-2010 S2B Network
Today the European Commission launched its new trade policy as a core component of the EU’s 2020 strategy, which will replace the 2006 Trade Strategy ‘Global Europe – competing in the world’ but has nothing new to add.

    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.