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The EU and Korea completed today the procedure for selecting the members of the panel that will examine the ongoing dispute on workers’ rights in the Republic of Korea. The panel will be officially established as of 30 December 2019 and is expected to deliver its report by the end of March 2020.

This week the EU and China held the 25th round of negotiations for the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. This round saw the second exchange of market access offers on both sides.

Today, the European Commission unveiled a proposal that will allow the European Union to protect its trade interests despite the paralysis of the multilateral dispute settlement system in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Today, Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan published the following statement on the suspension of the functioning of the WTO’s Appellate Body

The European Commission today presented to the Council four proposals for specific rules putting in place the Investment Court System (ICS) provisions in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Leaders from the EU and Canada reaffirmed a shared commitment to the rules-based international order and to preserve and safeguard a functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system.

The European Commission welcomes today’s decision by the Council to adopt the negotiating directives for the ongoing process of modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

The EU yesterday requested a panel to address its long-standing concerns on labour standards in Korea.

The EU requested yesterday the establishment of an arbitration panel under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on Ukraine’s export ban on unprocessed wood.