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L’Union européenne et ses partenaires commerciaux
Au fil des ans, l’Union européenne a abandonné la production de produits à forte intensité de main-d’œuvre et de faible valeur pour se spécialiser dans les biens de marque de plus grande valeur. L’Union ayant une économie ouverte, le commerce est essentiel pour elle. Afin de surmonter les entraves au commerce et de créer des conditions de concurrence égales pour ses entreprises, l’Union négocie divers accords de libre-échange (ALE). L’Union fait aussi partie des fondateurs et des acteurs clés de ...
L’Union européenne et l’Organisation mondiale du commerce
L’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) œuvre pour garantir un système commercial multilatéral fondé sur des règles. Malgré l’impasse dans laquelle se trouvent les négociations commerciales, des moyens de moderniser les règles de l’OMC et de répondre aux nouveaux défis mondiaux sont à l’étude. Dans les termes du traité de Lisbonne, le Parlement légifère conjointement avec le Conseil, doit approuver toute modification ou tout nouvel accord de l’OMC, et joue un rôle important dans l’examen de la ...
Les régimes commerciaux applicables aux pays en développement
La politique de développement de l’Union s’attache à développer les échanges et se concentre sur les pays qui en ont le plus besoin. Le système de préférences généralisées (SPG) offre à certains produits originaires de pays en développement un accès préférentiel au marché de l’Union. Les accords de partenariat économique (APE) garantissent un traitement commercial préférentiel aux pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP), alors que le régime «Tout sauf les armes» s’applique aux pays les ...
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 ...