OPP Meeting Summary: EP ENVI Committee – Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Sodium dichromate (19 November 2018)

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UPDATED – Report and Staff Working Document from the Commission on the Implementation of Free Trade Agreements 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017

Report: Implementation of EU Free Trade Agreements

Factsheets: EU-Vietnam free-trade and investment protection agreements

Agenda: Working Party on Trade Questions (16 October 2018)

EU Market Access Flash Note: Brazil removes export duties on hides and skins

On 13 September, Brazil removed the longstanding export duty of 9% levied on exports of hides and skins via Resolution no 65/2018. This duty amounts to a key restriction on exports to the EU, which is heavily dependent on imported hides and skins that represent about 50% of leather production costs.

Study: The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement

Market Access Database (Tariffs, Formalities & New or Resolved Barriers) (24-28 September 2018)

Statistics: Trade Defence Statistics covering the first 6 months of 2018

Analysis: EU exports, preferences utilisation and duty savings by Member State, sector and partner country

Eurostat: Volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area

In June 2018 compared with May 2018, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and remained stable in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Letter and Reply: Reply from Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to Ms Carmen Arias Castellano, Secretary General of the European Footwear Confederation, on the Joint Declaration in support of free and fair trade in the footwear industry (MERCOSUR)

Official Journal (C Series): European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 January 2017 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/936 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Union import rules

Staying engaged The Sustainability Compact for the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment Sector

Report: Meeting On Modernisation of EU Trade Defence Instruments (13 June 2018)

Opinion: EP INTA Committee on the state of EU-US relations

Official Journal (L Series): Council Regulation (EU) 2018/913 of 25 June 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products

Report on Trade and Investment Barriers (1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017)

Fourteenth report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application covering the period 1 January until 31 December 2017

OPP Meeting Summary: EP INTA Committee – Monitoring Groups Activities (21 June 2018)

Council Decision on the position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, within the Association Committee established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation

Press Release: EU adopts rebalancing measures in reaction to US steel and aluminium tariffs

The European Commission adopted today the regulation putting in place the EU’s rebalancing measures in response to the US tariffs on steel and aluminium. The measures will immediately target a list of products worth €2.8 billion and will come into effect on Friday 22 June

EU-India relations, fact sheet

Last year, the European Union and India celebrated 55 years of diplomatic relations. In this time, EU–India relations have evolved significantly, now encompassing not only trade and development but foreign and security policy, energy, climate change, environment, transport, research and innovation, education, as well as people-to-people contacts.

Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, in the Association Committee established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation