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Trade and Economic relations between the EU and the GCC countries
The EU and the six member countries of the GCC have started negotiations for an FTA long ago, in 1990, suspended since 2008. Meanwhile, GCC countries, suffering from the drop in oil price since mid-2014, have engaged in extremely ambitious economic programmes for the diversification of their economies too dependent on hydrocarbons. Within the institutional economic dialogue set between the EU and the GCC countries, the European parliament offered its diplomacy to organise this conference in order ...
Kehitysmaihin sovellettavat kauppajärjestelmät
EU:n kauppa- ja kehitysyhteistyöpolitiikka on määritelty vuonna 2012 annetussa tiedonannossa ”Kauppa, kasvu ja kehitys”. Siinä keskitytään apua eniten tarvitseviin maihin. Yleinen tullietuusjärjestelmä on säilytetty vähiten kehittyneille maille samoin kuin ”Kaikki paitsi aseet” -menettely, kun taas etuuskohtelu vähiten kehittyneisiin maihin kuulumattomille AKT-maille on korvattu talouskumppanuussopimuksilla, joihin sisältyy kehityskomponentti. Uutta EU:n kauppaa tukevaa kehitysavun strategiaa, jonka ...
EU Economic Diplomacy Strategy
The post-World War II order is undergoing profound changes with globalisation and the emergence of new economic powers. The economy has gradually taken over as the main driver of political influence and global now transcend the old national or regional divides. As the EU was emerging as a global economic player, the economic and financial crisis made the need to tap into foreign markets all the greater. The creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), incorporating the EU delegations, ...