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RSSOn 15 July, the World Trade Organization (WTO) held a ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, which confirmed the commitment to set the course for a successful outcome on negotiations before the WTO’s Ministerial Conference starting in November.
The Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) have published today a Guidance on due diligence to help EU companies to address the risk of forced labour in their operations and supply chains, in line with international standards.
Based on 11 eligible applications from local authorities across the European Union, the jury has chosen today a Swedish city of Malmö as a Winner of the 2020 Fair and Ethical Trade City Award.
The European Commission today kicks off an initiative to improve sustainability in the cocoa sector.
The European Commission today published the final Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the EU-Indonesia trade and investment agreement.
The Commission today published the draft version of the final assessment of the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impact of the trade part of the association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).
The European Commission welcomes today’s decision by the European Parliament to approve the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements.
Today the application process for the Fair and Ethical Trade award for EU cities has officially been opened. The award is an initiative of the European Commission created to recognise and support local initiatives in European cities to encourage sustainable, fair and ethical trading practices.
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.