27th EU-Russia summit delivers no major breakthroughs

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The 27th Russia-EU summit wrapped up on Friday in the western Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, with Russian and European Union leaders discussing the recent dispute over Russia’s ban on

WTO says US government subsidies to Boeing are ‘illegal state aid’

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Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade welcomes the WTO Panel report published on Thursday which found that about US$ 9 billion in US Federal and State subsidies granted to Incoming search terms:boeing state aidfedeal subsides to boeing

WTO says US government subsidies to Boeing are ‘illegal state aid’

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Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade welcomes the WTO Panel report published on Thursday which found that about US$ 9 billion in US Federal and State subsidies granted to

ETUC Head John Monks ‘worried’ by contents of Europact

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The head of the European Trade Union Confederation, John Monks has said that the contents of the Europact, a re-worked proposal drawn from the joint Merkel Sarkozy “Competitiveness pact” still

ETUC Head John Monks ‘worried’ by contents of Europact

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The head of the European Trade Union Confederation, John Monks has said that the contents of the Europact, a re-worked proposal drawn from the joint Merkel Sarkozy “Competitiveness pact” still

Belgian trade unions protest austerity plans ahead of EU summit

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Brussels, March 24: The beginning of an EU Summit that was supposed to finalise a deal on economic governance through a ‘competitiveness pact’ or Euro pact, has drawn tens of

Belgian trade unions protest austerity plans ahead of EU summit

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Brussels, March 24: The beginning of an EU Summit that was supposed to finalise a deal on economic governance through a ‘competitiveness pact’ or Euro pact, has drawn tens of

Barnier urges China on regulation, transparency and governance, during visit

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Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner responsible for the Internal Market visited China last week to help deepen trade relations with the increasingly storng Chinese economy. European food was one area

Barnier urges China on regulation, transparency and governance (french)

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Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner responsible for the Internal Market visited China last week to help deepen trade relations with the increasingly storng Chinese economy. European food was one area Incoming search terms:china regulation transparency

‘Single Market ‘does not yet exist fully’, says Barroso

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A high Level Conference on the Single Market, held in Brussels aims to complement the ongoing Europe-Wide debate ahead of the relaunch of the Single Market in Spring 2011.

‘Single Market ‘does not yet exist fully’, says Barroso

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A high Level Conference on the Single Market, held in Brussels aims to complement the ongoing Europe-Wide debate ahead of the relaunch of the Single Market in Spring 2011.

AmchamEU: we need world trade deal in 2011; Interview with Paolo Fellin

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Paolo Fellin, Vice President EAME Distribution for Caterpillar and member of the Executive Council at AmchamEU discusses the need for a deal in the Doha Round of global trade talks

Europe 2020: Competitive or Complacency?

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Initial highlights clip from today’s AmChamEU conference titled ‘Europe 2020: Competitive or Complacency?’. The conference saw the launch of a report on the future of competitiveness in Europe authored by Incoming search terms:europe 2020 competitive or complacent

Brussels talks bring Russia closer to WTO membership

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The 26th EU – Russia Summit took place to discuss about common challenges facing both the EU and Russia. Herman van Rompuy was particularly happy to announce that Russia would

Obama, Van Rompuy, Barroso on EU-US Summit

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US President Barack Obama, EU Council President Herman van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Saturday met for their EU-US summit in Lisbon. They give their assessment

Karel de Gucht presents Europe’s 2020 trade strategy

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Trade Strategy for Europe 2020: Press Briefing by Karel de Gucht. The European Commissioner for Trade presents Europe’s Trade strategy for 2020.

EU’s Pakistan trade deal ‘courageous’

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At a press conference today in Brussels, Karel De Gucht, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, said the European Commission has proposed unilateral suspension of import duties on

EU – Republic of Korea Summit (RAW VIDEO)

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RAW VIDEO : EU-Republic of Korea Summit: extracts from the arrivals and the roundtable, Brussels October 6. During the meeting a trade agreement was signed by the two actors.

‘Currency war’ with China would be ‘destructive’, warns Euro chief Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the 16-country Euro group in the European Union, warned on Tuesday that a “currency war” with China and “increased protectionism” would

Karel de Gucht defends controversial ACTA proposal

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Also read: www.euractiv.com The European Parliament on Wednesday discussed the ongoing negotiations on the multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Commissioner Karel de Gucht in the wake of

Energy, Food seen as key global trade issues, says AmCham’s Hagström – interview

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Maximum economic growth is the main focus of the executive council of AmCham EU, the American Chamber of Commerce at the European Union, says Mikael Hagström, at the 2010 European

WTO Chief Lamy on ‘Doha’ progress – European Business Summit

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Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization WTO, talks at the European Business Summit in Brussels about the slow progress in the ‘Doha round’ world trade talks. Also

Karel de Gucht speaks to press on EU hearings

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Karel de Gucht speaks to press on EU hearings Country: Belgium Position: Trade Commissioner The European Parliament hearing for Karel De Gucht went smoothly, on 12 January, with his main

Mandelson Exits EU, Returns to UK Government

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Friday, October 03, 2008 at 13:23 BRUSSELS (EUX.TV) — European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, a controversial figure in British politics and also in international trade talks, is to return to the UK government to take up the post of business

Facing up to a globalised world

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In response to a constantly evolving labour market, the European Commission is taking concrete action through the launch of a new fund to protect workers from changing global trade patterns.

Celebrating 40 Years of European Customs Union

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Over the past 4 decades, the European Customs Union has protected EU citizens against unsafe products and facilitated trade within the EU and with other countries. On July 1 2008,