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Pascal Guasp

France - Fresh water from a French firm

The 2003 EU-Chile trade deal cut import taxes and other trade barriers. This enabled French water treatment firm, Eau Pure, to enter the Chilean market, doubling turnover in two years. The workforce has also grown from 10 to 20 employees.

Cheeses

France - Importing European cheese with ease

Based in Mexico City, the company imports and distributes European cheese to its customers throughout the capital. It reaches other parts of Mexico as well through events and local markets.

Soniam HQ

France - Organic cosmetics producer finds success in South Korea

Laboratoire Soniam produces plant extracts for the cosmetics industry. The small company, situated in the Creuse region of France, benefited from the EU-South Korea trade agreement because the reduced tariff and administrative barriers helped the company to reduce the prices of its products.

Woman wearing winter clothing

France - Pipolaki

Pipolaki is a French company that makes warm headgear for winter sports. Canada’s cold, snowy winters make it an obvious market for warm berets and woollen hats.

Cheeses maturing

France - Top cheeses set for Canada’s tables

Maison Mons is a French family firm specialised in refining and selling exceptional cheeses. Founded in 1964, Maison Mons is renowned for the 'affinage' or refinement of its cheeses, where a combination of water, air and temperature is used to develop textures, aromas, flavours and rinds.

Airbus factory

France/Germany/Spain - Airbus

The Canadian Space Agency recently chose to work with Airbus as it explores possible concepts for future Canadian Earth Observation systems.

Germany - CETA holds great opportunity for German recycling firm

Reclay Group is an international service provider in packaging and waste management. It provides consultancy to governments in reaching their recycling targets. Reclay hopes to consolidate its position in Canada by participating in public procurement processes under CETA.

Max and Tobias Pauli

Germany - EU trade deal gives German firm a lift

The 2000 EU-South Africa trade deal has enabled a small manufacturer of industrial lifting equipment from south-west Germany to take advantage of new export opportunities and hire workers. Its equipment has helped to improve working conditions and promote equal opportunities in South Africa.

Kolbus employees at work

Germany - EU trade deal secures jobs in German engineering sector

Kolbus, founded in 1775, is a German company from North Rhine-Westphalia which specialises in book binding and paper processing machines. The 2011 EU trade deal with South Korea abolished customs duties between the two partners, enabling Kolbus to offer its products at more competitive prices.

Worlée Group employee at work

Germany - Free trade promotes natural products

A Hamburg-based company benefits from reduced customs duties on the import of rose hips from Chile. As such, it saves about €24,000 per year due to the trade agreement between the EU and the South American country.

Germany - German solar panel company shines internationally

The 2013 EU trade deal with Colombia has contributed to the international success of German solar panel company, IBC Solar. EU trade agreements reduced customs duties and bureaucratic burdens that previously made some markets inaccessible, increasing turnover in Colombia and other countries.

Philipp Stevens

Germany - South Korean food packaged by German machinery

The 2011 EU-South Korea trade deal abolished customs duties between the two partners. This allowed German firm, Meypack to cut the price of its food packaging machines in South Korea by 8%, leading the value of its annual exports there to rise to over €2.4 million.