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On 8 February, Vietnam extended the validity of existing marketing authorisations of pharmaceutical products until 2024. For the next two years, EU exporters of pharmaceuticals will thus avoid having to go through complex procedures for the renewal of their marketing authorisation.

The EU-New Zealand trade agreement has today taken a big step towards ratification, with the Commission sending it to Council for signature.

Costa Rica has today removed a 10% tax on imported beers which had been discriminating against EU beers. This tax had put EU beers at a disadvantage by making them more expensive than local beers.

TRADE/2022/OP/0008 Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in Support of Negotiations with India

The European Commission has published the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

Today, the European Union and Chile have concluded negotiations on the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement.

Today, the EU and the US held the third Ministerial Meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in College Park, Maryland.

This Joint Statement was issued following the third Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Joint Committee. 

Today, the Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis and Korean Minister for Trade Ahn Dukgeun co-chaired the 10th Trade Committee between the EU and the Republic of Korea.