EU-UK : 3 EP committees voted on procedures to enforce Trade and Cooperation & Withdrawal Agreements. EP mandate by Trade Ctee’s @SeanKellyMEP; @schieder @EP_ForeignAff; @danutahuebner @EPInstitutional. If no objection to mandate in #EPlenary, talks with Council start soon.
EU anti-coercion tool to react to economic blackmail by non-EU: the Trade Committee has just adopted, with broad majority, the draft EP mandate by @berndlange.
Read more in press release:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20221010IPR42635/meps-back-new-trade-instrument-to-protect-the-eu-from-economic-blackmail
📢Starting in five mins: @EP_Trade MEPs @HelmutScholzMEP @J_MorenoSanchez discuss food security at #WTOPublicForum.
Follow live: https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum22_e/public_forum22_e.htm
RT @EP_Trade: How can trade help get food to where it is needed, in times of war, climate change, COVID? Panel discussion at @WTO #WTOPublicForum, with @EP_Trade members @HelmutScholzMEP & @J_MorenoSanchez.
📅27 Sep, 15:45
Further EP d…
Food security panel tomorrow pm in Geneva at #WTOPublicForum, with MEPs Helmut Scholz and Javier Moreno Sanchez, as well as Timor Leste Trade Minister Joaquim Amaral and FAO's Ekaterina Krivonos.
Live stream: https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum22_e/public_forum22_e.htm
RT @EP_Trade: How can trade help get food to where it is needed, in times of war, climate change, COVID? Panel discussion at @WTO #WTOPublicForum, with @E…
RT @EPinASEAN: 🌏🇪🇺🇺🇸 How can ASEAN, the European Union and the United States work together to ensure a stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific? @ZahradilJan, @yara21c, @RepJimCosta (TBC) and @GregPoling will answer the question in our live webinar this Wednesday!
Tune in @ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?event=20220928-1400-SPECIAL-OTHER
How can trade help get food to where it is needed, in times of war, climate change, COVID? Panel discussion at @WTO #WTOPublicForum, with @EP_Trade members @HelmutScholzMEP & @J_MorenoSanchez.
📅27 Sep, 15:45
Further EP delegation members: @KarinKarlsbro @UdoBullmann
RT @EUinNZ: And that marks the end of @EP_Trade trip to Aotearoa NZ!
Kāhore taku toa i te toa takitahi, He toa takitini. We cannot succeed without the support of those around us. 💯
RT @berndlange: Trade is part of the DNA of both New Zealand and the EU. This trade should not be merely free, but fair so that it becomes a force for good in the world. In this regard, our 🇪🇺🇳🇿 agreement sets a new standard for progressive trade. @PhilTwyford @EP_Trade
RT @EUinNZ: 🇪🇺🇳🇿Nau mai, haere mai @europarl_en Committee on International Trade @EP_Trade!
Led by @berndlange, INTA is in NZ to discuss #EUNZFTA with @govtnz, @NZParliament, businesses & NGOs. First 🇪🇺 international group visit to NZ in over 2.5 years!
RT @EUinAus: 🇪🇺🇦🇺@europarl_en's INTA delegation had a productive day of meetings at Parliament House w/ The Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Trade & Tourism, & a group of Australian parliamentarians
🗣️Important discussions and exchange of views before the next round of EU-AUS FTA negotiations
RT @EUinAus: 🇪🇺A delegation of the @EUparliament INTA Committee led by its Chair @berndlange is in Australia to meet key government officials & stakeholders & discuss the future of the free trade negotiations
🇦🇺Today, they met w/ Amb. @GVisentinEU and the HoMs of EU Member States in Canberra
RT @VDombrovskis: #Ukraine is an economy at war, with immense costs to keep running on a daily basis due to Russia’s war of aggression.
By providing €5 b in exceptional macro-financial assistance, the EU is again demonstrating its commitment to support Ukraine.
📄 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5373
Parliament’s Trade Committee has just agreed to Rapporteur @berndlange’s report recommending consent to the modernisation of the International Sugar Agreement. Vote in plenary on 14 Sep. @Trade_EU
Parliament's Trade Committee discusses the first five years of the 🇪🇺🇨🇦 deal's application at 3pm tomorrow. Tune in live here:
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-international-trade_20220831-1500-COMMITTEE-INTA
RT @VDombrovskis: #CETA is an important, mutually beneficial deal between trusted, like-minded partners 🇪🇺🇨🇦
@EU_Commission & 🇩🇪 have agreed additional clarifications on a number of CETA provisi…
Trade MEPs welcome that labour and environmental rules will now be enforceable parts of EU trade agreements: read what more they say in a draft resolution responding to @Trade_EU ’s TSD action plan review. In plenary in September.
Press release: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220711IPR35029/trade-sanctions-on-breaching-labour-environmental-norms-meps-welcome-proposal
RT @EP_ThinkTank: What progress on proposed legislation to empower @EU_Commission to act by means of implementing acts for implementation and enforcement of EU UK agreements?
https://epthinktank.eu/2022/07/14/rules-for-exercising-the-unions-rights-in-implementing-and-enforcing-eu-uk-agreements/
@EP_ForeignAff @davidmcallister @EP_Trade @berndlange @danutahuebner @SeanKellyMEP
#EPlenary agreed to the Commission proposal to grant a €1b loan to Ukraine 🇺🇦, with more support to follow. Read the press release: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220705IPR34501/meps-approve-EU1-billion-loan-to-ukraine
RT @EP_Trade: #EPlenary has just agreed to use the urgent procedure to decide on a proposed €1b loan to Ukraine 🇺🇦. Vote on the loan around noon on THURSDAY.
Report arguing for more EU trade and investment contacts with Indo-Pacific area adopted in #EPlenary. Rapporteur @ZahradilJan holds a press conference at 14:45, tune in live here👇 https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/press-conference-by-jan-zahradil-rapporteur-on-indo-pacific-strategy-in-area-of-trade-and-investment_20220705-1445-SPECIAL-PRESSER
EU-India trade and investment report by @GeertBourgeois has just been adopted in #EPlenary. Read the press release 👇
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220701IPR34354/eu-india-trade-talks-base-them-on-values-says-parliament
#EPlenary agreed to double the amount of Moldovan agri exports that can enter the EU duty-free for a year. Rapporteur is @MarketkaG. Read the press release 👇
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220701IPR34347/moldovan-agricultural-exports-liberalised-for-a-year-to-support-economy
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