login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11030
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) australia

Outlook of framework agreement with EU becomes dimmer

Sydney/Brussels, 03/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - Canberra rejects the idea of including clauses on sustainable development and human rights in its negotiations for a framework agreement with the EU.

The negotiation of a vast framework agreement between the EU and Australia, which would replace the current economic partnership in place since 2008, is being complicated because of the EU's insistence on wanting to include clauses on environmental protection and the respect of human rights in the...

Contents

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