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Maailman kauppajärjestö (WTO) on pyrkinyt takaamaan sääntöihin perustuvan kansainvälisen kauppajärjestelmän. Dohan kehityskierroksen kauppaneuvottelujen umpikujasta huolimatta keinoja vastata uusiin maailmankaupan haasteisiin kartoitetaan jatkuvasti. Vuonna 2013 tehty kaupan helpottamista koskeva sopimus raivaa tietä WTO:n kauppasääntöjen uudelle kehitykselle. Euroopan parlamentti toimii Lissabonin sopimuksen nojalla lainsäätäjänä yhdessä neuvoston kanssa. Parlamentilla on lisäksi tärkeä rooli kansainvälisen ...

India and China — two emerging Asian giants — have historically been polar opposites in many ways and relations between them have been tense. In recent years, however, their co-operation has been improving and they have signed numerous bilateral agreements. From the EU’s perspective, it is crucial to monitor the relationship between these strategic partners. Not only do these two emerging countries have the two largest populations in the world, but projections suggest that they will together account ...

The EU's trade policy does not exist in a vacuum. On the one hand, it is affected by international standard and rule-setting. On the other hand, the EU is itself an influential actor shaping the international trade agenda by participating in the work of international organisations and fora. This short note focuses on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The year 2015 – the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and Vietnam – is likely to be a landmark one. Three years after the EU and Vietnam signed a framework agreement for a Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), the European Parliament has been requested to decide whether to give its consent to the agreement. Separately, the European Commission announced on 4 August 2015 that an agreement had been reached on a bilateral free trade agreement ...

The European Commission's most recent initiative in the field of intellectual property rights (IPR), a 2014 communication, returns to an issue that has been largely side-lined since the European Parliament rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in 2014. While not a landmark, 'Trade, growth and intellectual property – Strategy for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries' (COM(2014)0389) serves as a good basis for constructive debate on securing ...