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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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Decolonising EU trade relations with the Global Souths?
28-Feb-2025     Journal of Contemporary European Research
This article thinks reflexively about the decolonial option and the ruptures it triggers as to what EU trade policy is and the colonial logics sustaining ‘normative’ and ‘geopolitical’ narratives on/by the EU as a trade power.
Czech farmers protest against Mercosur, food imports from Ukraine
28-Feb-2025     Euractiv
Czech farmers took to the streets across the country, with hundreds of tractors to protest against food imports from non-EU countries.
Business views on Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs)
26-Feb-2025     Business Europe
The EU should adopt a pragmatic and open approach, pursuing CTIPs with countries with vast resources of raw materials and minerals, and with countries that present opportunities for cooperation on clean tech, based on a value-chain approach.
Ukraine moves to expand free trade agreements
4-Feb-2025     NV
One of Ukraine’s key economic priorities is to sign free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries in the Pan-Euro-Med region.
EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban
30-Jan-2025     RFI
The hearing will delve into whether Britain's fishing ban violates the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.
EU considering new trade regime with Ukraine, media reports
29-Jan-2025     The Kyiv Independent
The European Union does not plan to extend the preferential trade agreement framework in its current form past its June 5 expiration date and is considering a new set of rules instead.
As Trump returns, the EU rediscovers the art of the trade deal
27-Jan-2025     Politico
The European Union has clinched a string of pacts after the United States, its top trading partner, flipped into full protectionist mode.
EU, Switzerland agree deal to strengthen trade ties
23-Dec-2024     Reuters
Switzerland and the European Union said they had reached a deal to strengthen their trade ties, overcoming Swiss concerns about immigration and opening the door for the biggest overhaul of bilateral relations in years.
The Commission decides to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to terminate its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with six EU Member States
18-Dec-2024     European Commission
The European Commission decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaties that it still has in force with Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia.
European Union and Switzerland "very close" to new trade deal, official says
13-Dec-2024     Reuters
The European Union and Switzerland are "very close" to finalising a new agreement to overhaul their trade relationship, a senior EU official said.