ISDS Case Map
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Europe
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
See also
The EU is considering boosting trade with Georgia in an attempt to neutralise Russia's sanctions against its neighbour, a move that Moscow is likely to view as a direct challenge to its interests. But according to one EU trade official such a deal would have an adverse impact on the Georgian economy, leaving it open to a flood of EU products and decimating local firms.
The EU delegates and South Korean officials will discuss levying a preferential tariff on Kaesong products for a South Korea-EU free trade agreement (FTA).
The European Parliament has reaffirmed that Syria must respect democratic values and human rights before the Council of 25 EU member states could approve the EU-Syria Association Agreement that has been on ice for two years.
Switzerland is looking to boost its free trade accords with other countries following the collapse of world trade talks, says the country's top economics official.
Russia and Latvia have sealed an economic cooperation agreement and an agreement on creating an inter-governmental commission.
Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari said that Iraq would shortly sign a trade agreement with the European Union (EU). The agreement would treat Iraq as a friendly country to the EU and give it priority in commercial exchanges, according to the Ministry.
Britain and the European Union urgently need an unprecedented new free trade pact with India, the UK's leading organization representing 240,000 businesses and 80 of the FTSE's 100 companies has demanded.
The European Union will use bilateral trade deals to "road test" measures deemed too sensitive to be included in the stalled global WTO liberalisation negotiations, Peter Mandelson said last night.
Perhaps the best explanation of why bilateral trade agreements are so popular comes from Pascal Lamy, who was the predecessor to Peter Mandelson as Europe's trade commissioner. Mr Lamy, now director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is fond of saying: "Politicians tell you that when they sign a bilateral agreement with a pal, they get on TV. When they are the 149th minister around the table at the WTO, they don't get on TV."
Speech by Peter Mandelson at the London School of Economics on 9 October 2006
Referenced sites
Amfori
European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
Collectif Stop Tafta / CETA
Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
ESF
The European Services Forum (ESF) is a network of representatives from the European services sector. We are committed to actively promoting the interests of ...
Eurochambres
Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
FOEE: Trade
Friends of the Earth Europe's special web section on trade deals
Handelskampanjen
The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
Pour
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’économ...
Seattle to Brussels Network
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 Eu...
Trade Leaks
Greenpeace's leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.
