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Den Europæiske Union og dens handelspartnere
EU har gennem årene bevæget sig væk fra fremstilling af arbejdskraftintensive produkter af lav værdi til specialisering i mærkevarer af højere værdi. Med sin åbne økonomi er handel af afgørende betydning for EU. For at overvinde handelshindringer og skabe lige konkurrencevilkår for sine virksomheder fører Unionen forhandlinger om indgåelse af en række frihandelsaftaler. EU er også en af stifterne af og en af hovedaktørerne i Verdenshandelsorganisationen (WTO).
EU og Verdenshandelsorganisationen
Verdenshandelsorganisationen (WTO) arbejder for at sikre et regelbaseret internationalt handelssystem. På trods af et dødvande i handelsforhandlinger undersøges det, hvordan WTO's regler kan moderniseres, og hvordan nye globale udfordringer kan tackles. I henhold til Lissabontraktaten lovgiver Europa-Parlamentet sammen med Rådet på dette område og skal godkende enhver ændring til WTO-aftalen samt nye WTO-aftaler og spiller en vigtig rolle med hensyn til at kontrollere den internationale handelspolitik ...
Handelsordninger, der anvendes over for udviklingslandene
EU's udviklingspolitik fremhæver betydningen af handel og fokuserer på de lande, der har størst behov. Arrangementet med generelle toldpræferencer giver visse varer fra udviklingslandene præferenceadgang til EU's marked. Økonomiske partnerskabsaftaler sikrer landene i Afrika, Caribien og Stillehavet præferentiel handelsmæssig behandling, mens "Alt undtagen våben"-ordningen gælder for de mindst udviklede lande. Disse ordninger er i overensstemmelse med Verdenshandelsorganisationens regler.
EU-Ukraine trade and investment relations and the impact of Russia’s war
The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is the main tool for bringing Ukraine and the EU closer together: it promotes deeper political ties, stronger economic links and the respect for common values. The Agreement was negotiated between 2007 and 2011, signed in 2014, and entered into force on 1 September 2017 after unanimous ratification by EU Member States. The Association Agreement includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine that has been provisionally applied ...
EU in the world / Migration Citizens’ recommendations and the EU context: Panel 4 of the Conference on the Future of Europe
As part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 800 citizens debated their ideas for the European Union in four thematic panels. The citizens involved in Panel 4 considered the possibilities for two related themes: the EU in the world and migration. This publication presents their recommendations, as well as a selection of related European Parliament resolutions and EU legislation, funding programmes and other activities. These background elements are not exhaustive, but have been selected to ...
Commitments made at the hearing of Valdis Dombrovskis Commissioner for Trade
The Commission Executive Vice-President/Commissioner-designate, Valdis Dombrovskis, appeared before the European Parliament on 02 October 2020 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committee on International Trade, in association with the Committees on Foreign Affairs, on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on Development and on Budgets. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio as Trade Commissioner, as described ...
Commitments made at the hearing of Phil HOGAN, Commissioner-designate - Trade
The Commissioner-designate, Phil Hogan, appeared before the European Parliament on 30 September 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committee on International Trade (INTA). During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including: - A level playing field for all; - Strengthening Europe’s ...
Free trade or geo-economics? Trends in world trade
The European Union (EU) is the biggest integrated economic zone and a guarantor of an open and predictable regulatory system able to determine its own economic destiny. But the behaviour of other global powers is increasingly calling this ability into question. China and the United States, especially, do not separate economic interests from geopolitical interests in the same way the EU does and are increasingly trying to gain geopolitical advantage using their economic might. The EU is known as ...