Europe


Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.


Pakistan: EU’s dilemma
Pakistan’s repeated requests for a free trade agreement come at the right time: the EU has switched focus from the uphill struggle to conclude the Doha trade round of World Trade Organisation negotiations to a quest for bilateral pacts.
Bosnia court annuls trade law as farmers protest
Bosnia's top court has annulled an import tax law which it said violated a regional free trade treaty and commitments to the EU, while about 1,000 farmers and food producers protested outside the court building.
Swiss firms eye Japanese free trade bounty
Swiss companies are assessing how they could take advantage of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan that comes into effect on September 1.
Lord Mandelson accused of secretly lobbying for Libya during Lockerbie bomber talks
Informed sources say that, nearly a year after Lord Mandelson stepped down as European Trade Commissioner to return to the Cabinet, he has continued to push personally for a new and quick European Union (EU) trade deal with Libya.
Ukraine to sign bilateral agreement on free trade zone with European Free Trade Association
The deal with EFTA is likely to be signed by the end of this year. The free trade agreement with the EU could be concluded in 2010.
Ukraine intends to create free trade zone with Libya
Ukraine and Libya are interested in boosting bilateral goods turnover, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi said at a meeting of the Ukraine-Libya Cooperation Commission in Kyiv on Monday.
Barbados and BLEU sign investment treaty
Barbados and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) now have a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
Serbia, Turkey sign free trade agreement
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic and Turkish Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan today signed a free trade agreement between the two countries, which will be implemented from January 1, 2010.
CIS experts held talks on Free Trade Zone Agreement
CIS member states are working in a draft Agreement on Free Trade Zone
Serbia, Iran to sign free trade agreement
Serbia says it plans to sign a free trade agreement with Iran to boost economic cooperation.

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.