Collectively, the 33 countries forming the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are the fifth largest trading partner of the EU. On trade, the EU has concluded fully fledged agreements with two Latin American groupings (Cariforum and the Central America group), a multiparty...

The negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA aim at achieving a comprehensive trade agreement with renewed liberalisation efforts in trade, services and investments, while at the same time aiming at regulatory cooperation and rule-based...

The foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks of EU entities in the US and of US entities in the EU both amount to over €1.6 trillion. Investment access and protection is therefore critical to EU-US economic relations. On both sides of the Atlantic, criticism has been growing regarding the...

Breaking the deadlock on reaching a global agreement to remove barriers to international trade is at the heart of the negotiations on a 'Trade in Services Agreement' (TiSA). The EU and its Member States, together with two dozen other major WTO members are currently negotiating towards such a new...

Collectively, the 33 countries forming the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are the EU's fifth largest trading partner. On trade, the EU has fully fledged agreements with two Latin American groupings (Cariforum and the Central America group), a multiparty trade agreement...

This European implementation assessment (EIA) consists of two parts. The in-house opening analysis (Part I) outlines the process leading to the signature of the trade agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru. It also presents the socio-economic situation in Colombia and Peru and relations...

This rolling check-list offers an implementation monitoring tool that allows for a systematic overview of the review and monitoring clauses, sunset clauses and also management and implementation clauses that are included in international agreements concluded between the EU and third countries....

This study provides an implementation monitoring tool which allows for a systematic overview of review and monitoring clauses, sunset clauses and management and implementation clauses contained in international agreements concluded between the EU and third countries. It is produced by the Policy...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will follow EU and US recent trade policy practice to include labour provisions. These could limit the risk that liberalisation results in social dumping and promote upward change. This Policy Department A study concludes that the EU...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will follow EU and US recent trade policy practice to include labour provisions. These could limit the risk that liberalisation results in social dumping and promote upward change. This Policy Department A study concludes that the EU...