| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2017) 654 final (09.11.17) |
| Publication Date | 09/11/2017 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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Further information: The report highlights positive outcomes of existing EU trade agreements and identifies areas for improvement. It shows that it is often the EU agricultural and motor vehicles' sectors that benefit the most. It also highlights an increasing need to raise awareness amongst EU companies – particularly small and medium-sized ones – about the opportunities that these deals offer, to expand their exports and grow their businesses. The report gives a brief overview of the main findings concerning the EU's FTAs which it is applying. It groups them into 'New Generation' FTAs, Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs), Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and 'First Generation' FTAs. This horizontal report is the first of its kind and sheds light on what happens after trade agreements are negotiated and have entered into force. Background information: The Communication published by the European Commission in October 2015 on a trade strategy for the EU emphasises the importance of implementing and enforcing FTAs effectively. It commits the Commission to producing an annual FTA Implementation Report, of which this is the first edition. The main purpose of this report is to ensure transparency. It highlights progress as well as problems and shortcomings. In so doing, it should enable the other EU institutions, civil society and everyone with a stake in EU trade policy to scrutinise and debate the way in which the EU is putting its FTAs into practice. The European Commission published on 9 November 2017 a report assessing the implementation of its existing trade agreements (FTAs). |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2017:654:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Trade |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
