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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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New strategy puts EU trade policy at service of European competitiveness and economic reform
4-Oct-2006    
The European Commission has today adopted a new strategy to integrate trade policy into the European Union's competitiveness and economic reform agenda. The policy review (Global Europe: competing in the world) sets out a strategy for opening new markets abroad for EU companies to trade and ensuring that European companies are able to compete fairly in those markets.
EU's Mandelson opposes Merkel's plan for transatlantic free trade zone
4-Oct-2006    
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson voiced his opposition to plans by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to create a transatlantic free trade zone, reported the Handelsblatt.
Mandelson announces EU bilateral trade drive
4-Oct-2006    
Often caught between the whims of protectionist and liberal member states, the European Commission on Wednesday firmly tied its colours to a liberal mast proposing a trade policy revamp focused on new markets and stamping out protectionism.
EU to seek bilateral trade deals in Asia as part of policy revamp
4-Oct-2006    
The European Commission said it will seek bilateral trade deals, particularly with Asian partners, as part of a policy revamp.
Merkel for EU Agreement with US
2-Oct-2006    
With the Doha Round of trade talks threatening to come to naught, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come up with a plan B: a free-trade zone with the US. Such a zone would encompass 60 percent of the global economy.
Opening discussions on free trade with Greenland
28-Sep-2006    
The Prime Minister of the Faroes, Mr Jóannes Eidesgaard and the Prime Minister of Greenland, Mr Hans Enoksen, discussed various topics of mutual interest in connection with the Faroese Prime Minister's official visit to Ilulissat.
France eyes bilateral trade deals after WTO failure
22-Sep-2006     Reuters
France intends to target the Gulf, India, Asia and the Mediterranean basin in a push towards bilateral trade deals following the collapse of global free trade talks, Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday.
Mandelson call for bilateral EU-Asian trade agreements
18-Sep-2006     FT
Peter Mandelson, the European Union trade commissioner, will today call for the EU to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with countries in Asia, a further sign that hopes of a successful global trade agreement are dimming. The targets: India, Korea and ASEAN.
Struggling with globalisation, EU to take tougher line with trade partners
18-Sep-2006     Turkish Press
The European Commission is planning a more "hard-nosed" approach to breaking into foreign markets and ensuring EU exporters get a fair deal, including protection of their intellectual property, through better use of available trade instruments such as negotiating new free-trade agreements.
Salvadorans resist trade reforms
18-Sep-2006     The Bridge
The Salvadoran Market Vendors Movement held peaceful protests yesterday morning to denounce police confiscation and repression. The work of market vendors were criminalized last December when the right wing in the Legislative Assembly pushed through dozens of reforms to bring El Salvador into compliance with the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).