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2019: USTR takes aim at European countries over pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies
In its latest report on foreign trade barriers, the USTR, prompted by the pharmaceutical industry, takes aim at the pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in the European Union.
CETA: Demande de transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire votée à l'unanimité
Le Parlement de Wallonie a adopté une proposition de résolution amendée relative à la transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire dans le traité de libre-échange entre l'Union européenne et le Canada, le fameux CETA.
Indonesia blocks imports, EU scrambles
In a dramatic escalation in the war over palm oil, Indonesia has upped the stakes and this week tightened imports of European spirits as a direct response to the Renewable Energy Directive Delegated Act.
France blocks US trade talks, angering EU: diplomats
Paris is especially wary after the failure of talks on TTIP, a far more ambitious transatlantic trade plan.
Brexit: Rolled-over UK free trade deals 'are incomplete'
As a member of the EU, the UK is part of 40 trade deals which the EU has with other countries. As of 28 March, only eight rolled-over agreements have been signed.
Hydro-Québec plans to invest in Romania
Hydro-Québec is a Canadian company producing and distributing electricity and one of the largest energy producers in the world.
Indonesia pushes palm oil companies to take legal action against the EU
Indonesia’s government said will encourage the country’s palm oil companies to file lawsuits against the EU if the bloc goes ahead with a plan to phase out use of the commodity in renewable transport fuel.
IEU CEPA review must be made based on the human rights, not the interest of palm oil industry
Indonesian CSOs Coalition for Economic Justice urges the government to review Indonesia - EU CEPA based on human rights and not the interests of palm oil industry.
EU waits for Tanzania to back up change of heart on stalled trade deal
There is seemingly little economic incentive for Tanzanian President Magufuli to sign up to the EPA. Tanzania could already export its goods to the EU market under the ‘Everything But Arms’ agreement.
How palm oil sparked a diplomatic row between Europe and southeast Asia
From threats to cancel UK defence deals to pledges to stop imports of Norwegian salmon, European moves to restrict palm oil have enraged Malaysia and Indonesia.