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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Negotiations on a free trade agreement the EU and New Zealand are moving slowly closer towards the end-game – but the issue of agricultural market access continues to cast a cloud over the discussions. Progress is evident in a number of sectors following the eighth and most recent round of …
This week has been dominated by news and gossip surrounding the nomintion of a successor for the WTO’s outgoing director general. Today, Nigeria announced it was planning to nominate former finance minister and World Bank official Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – a high profile nomination to say the least. The nomination period …
Details of the European Union’s offer to New Zealand on tariff rate quotas for dairy products are emerging, as the two sides prepare next week for what will be an eighth round of negotiations in the current EU-New Zealand free trade agreement talks. The EU is proposing a 10-year phase-in …
FTA negotiations between the EU and New Zealand have been continuing, in defiance of the logistical challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. But despite continuing good progress, it will clearly be some time yet before the talks are wrapped up. The two sides completed their latest round of talks, the …
There are ‘dark clouds’ hanging over the current free trade negotiations between the EU and Australia, with data flows and beef quotas currently ranking as probably the two most difficult issues to resolve, according to Brussels insiders. Services offers A sixth round of negotiations between the two sides was held …
With input from Chris Horseman. The week in EU trade was dominated by preparations for trade agreement negotiations with Britain next month and Phil Hogan’s delicate trip to the United States. Hogan’s tweets mention meetings with members of Congress and the Senate and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The ‘big’ meeting …
EU, New Zealand set mid-2020 target for FTA conclusion The EU and New Zealand are targeting conclusion of their negotiations for a new free trade agreement by the middle of 2020, following a generally upbeat assessment of the most recent round of talks in Wellington on 10-13 December. Participants in …
The shadow of Brexit is already hanging heavy over global trade in agricultural products, with WTO members once again this week queueing up to condemn the European Union and the United Kingdom for their proposed approach to splitting tariff rate quotas between the two sides after the United Kingdom leaves …
It’s a short week in most of the EU with many countries on holidays on Allsaints day on 1 November. This explains why our Week in Brussels column is coming out on Thursday instead of Friday. This week we had news on the end of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties and …
The issue of sustainable development may end up having at least as much influence on the success or otherwise of the EU-Australia free trade agreement negotiations as do agricultural market access or GIs. This became apparent in the course of a joint debate in the European Parliament’s international trade committee …
