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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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Swiss National Council ratifies FTA with China
11-Dec-2013     SME Times
The lower house of Swiss parliament approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with China Tuesday.
EU-Georgia Association Agreement made public
6-Dec-2013     The Messenger
The text of the Association Agreement initialed between the European Union and Georgia has been made public.
EU dismisses David Cameron’s touted China free trade deal as ‘premature’
3-Dec-2013     IB Times
A European Union official poured cool water over UK Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to China in which he said he wants to lay the ground for a free trade deal between the Asian economic giant and the 28-member state bloc.
Ukraine sees positive result at EU summit on free-trade pact
28-Nov-2013     Bloomberg
The EU reiterated that the deal is still on the table. “We have to get over this either-or mentality,” Merkel said. “The Cold War is over.”
Facing Russian threat, Ukraine halts plans for deals with EU
22-Nov-2013     NY Times
Under threat of crippling trade sanctions by Russia, Ukraine announced Thursday that it had suspended its plans to sign far-reaching political and trade agreements with the European Union and said it would instead pursue new partnerships with a competing trade bloc of former Soviet states.
Broader access to investment 'key' in EU talks
15-Nov-2013     China Daily
The European Union sees broader access for investment in China as a key issue in negotiations on an agreement that will consolidate 27 bilateral pacts, the head of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said.
Russia bans two Ukraine meat firms, as meat war threatens
14-Nov-2013     Global Meat News
In a bid to force Ukraine to abandon the signing of a free trade agreement with the EU, Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor has banned meat imports from two Ukrainian companies in the first step of a possible meat war that could seriously damage the Ukrainian industry.
Ukraine-EU trade deal: Business seeks delay, quarreling MP’s stall
13-Nov-2013    
Ukraine’s prospect of signing a key Euro-integration deal this month remains questionable. Its big business suggests delaying the move by at least a year, while parliament has stalled a vote that could release ex-PM Tymoshenko.
Ukrainian chances of clinching EU deal begin to fade
13-Nov-2013     AFP
Ukraine's union of industrialists and businessmen late Tuesday called on President Yanukovych to delay the signing of the deal by one year, saying it was damaging trade relations with Russia and Kazakhstan.
China and Europe make up after averting trade war
25-Oct-2013     Reuters
A successful EU-China investment agreement could pave the way for a wider free-trade accord in the future. But for now, there is friction, according to Reuters.