EU-Mexico duty-free – winners and losers

“Free Trade Agreements with Canada, Mercosur, Mexico, Singapore …When there are no more countries available the Commission will sell the left over rights for European tariffs to “other planets” (those that @JunckerEU met after the Brexit …)” – say critics of the  EU-Mexico Trade deal. Accords de libre-échange avec le Canada, le Mercosur, le Mexique,…

EU one step further in trade with Japan

Following the agreement reached today between the chief negotiators and endorsed by European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan,  the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe issued a joint statement  welcoming the finalisation of the negotiations of the…

EU counts on free trade with Japan

European Union and Japan are aiming at an agreement on a free trade to be concluded within months, after senior officials removed final obstacles to a political deal. 🇪🇺 🇯🇵 A political agreement has been reached at ministerial level on an #EUJapan trade deal to be discussed at the EU-Japan Summit tomorrow pic.twitter.com/sYAFUfecEr — European…