- Negotiations
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.
30-Aug-2017
EurActiv
The Commission president will ask for mandates to negotiate new free trade agreements, and will propose a framework to screen foreign investment, as part of a trade package to be announced during his state of the EU address on 13 September, officials told EURACTIV.com.
25-Aug-2017
Reuters
Norway and China have resumed talks on a bilateral free trade deal, Norway’s Industry Ministry said Thursday, in another sign that their relationship was thawing after a row over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo.
21-Aug-2017
EurActiv
TTIP is on ice, CETA will be provisionally applied from September and talks with Japan are nearly completed. But EU trade policy is far from done yet and a busy negotiating schedule lies ahead. EURACTIV Germany reports.
10-Aug-2017
Intrafish
A decision is expected for September.
3-Aug-2017
CMS
On 18 July 2017 the Polish Council of Ministers submitted to the Parliament a draft proposal allowing the President to unilaterally terminate the Poland-Portugal BIT
12-Jul-2017
EurActiv
After years of delay, the EU formally approved the Association Agreement with Ukraine.
11-Jul-2017
EurActiv
The European Union could drop investment from major free trade deals in an effort to ease ratification, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.
7-Jul-2017
EurActiv
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector.
6-Jul-2017
EurActiv
Spain’s agricultural sector is concerned about free trade negotiations between the European Union and third parties. The agreement with Canada (CETA) and ongoing talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur are raising doubts in the Iberian countryside.
28-Jun-2017
Undercurrent News
Japan is the main market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and is a strategically important market for seafood.
Links
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European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
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Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
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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.
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Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
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Friends of the Earth Europe’s special web section on trade deals
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The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
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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
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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.
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Greenpeace’s leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.
