Video viEUws.eu: EU Trade Briefing: TTIP, dual use goods, conflict minerals, WTO & Environmental Goods Agreement

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In this latest Brussels Briefing on Trade, Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt - Trade Editor of EU Trade Insights - provides an overview of the European Union’s most pressing trade issues:

  • The 7th round of talks for the Environmental Goods Agreement (15-19 June).
  • Parliament’s International Trade Committee is going to meet on Monday 15 June and Tuesday 16 June. Topics on the agenda include:
  • An exchange of views on the 116 amendments for the TTIP resolution.
  • A debate on a draft report by Marietje Schaake i on dual use goods (Monday 15 June).
  • Discussions on the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement. The final resolution is expected to be sent to plenary in September (Tuesday 16 June).
  • A vote on a decision to enter into informal trilogue negotiations on conflict minerals (Tuesday 16 June).
  • The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body meeting on Friday 19 June (Geneva).
  • The European Trade Policy Day (Tuesday 23 June, Brussels).

For more detailed information, please visit viEUws’ trade news service: EU Trade Insights