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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10791

22 February 2013
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The EU is gradually applying a “less naïve” trade policy

In favour of effective reciprocity. Less naïve - this is how European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht has from the beginning described the new phase of the trade policy that Europe has drawn up and will gradually apply, without waiting for the Euro-American free trade area that will require at least two years of negotiation (see EUROPE 10788). The essential objective that is pursued is that of effective reciprocity on the part of third countries. The balance of commitments must in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION