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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11595

16 July 2016
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) japan
Donald Tusk assures no Brexit impact on free trade negotiations

Brussels, 15/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the ASEM summit in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday 15 July, European Council President Donald Tusk assured Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the British referendum vote for the UK to leave the EU (Brexit) would not in the least affect the process of EU-Japan free trade negotiations, which has been ongoing since 2013.

“The European Union is fully committed [to the free trade negotiations] and with the renewed leadership of...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Unanimous condemnation after latest terrorist attack in France
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Talk of €500 million package to address crisis
(AE) CLIMATE: NGOs fear that least deserving states will receive effort sharing “reward”
(AE) ENERGY: Nine key infrastructure projects share €263 million
(AE) HEALTHCARE: New European Parliament report on access to medicines
(AE) REGIONS: European Parliament disquiet at possible use of macro-conditionality in Spain and Portugal sanctions
(AE) COHESION: Slovak Presidency not keen on radical overhaul of cohesion policy
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UNITED STATES: TTIP negotiations - market access still a major obstacle
(AE) ASIA: EU reaffirms desire for peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in South China Sea
(AE) JAPAN: Donald Tusk assures no Brexit impact on free trade negotiations
(AE) ASEM: EU calls for increased interconnectivity between Asia and Europe
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €58.2 million for Boko Haram victims in Africa
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Latin America, global strategy, China and United States on ministers' agenda on Monday 18 July
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Ministers focus on Brexit and posting of workers
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) AUDIT: Equivalence between American and EU rules extended until 2022
(AE) AUDITING: Inaugural meeting of CEAOB auditing committee
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman calls for publication of documents on trilogues
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) CAMBODIA:
(AE) INDUSTRY:
CORRIGENDUM
(AE) ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE:
CALENDAR
: (AE) Main activities of the European institutions from 18/07 to 24/07
: (AE) Other events in week from 18/07 to 24/07
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE/Documents” No. 1596: Slovak Presidency of the Council to work for positive results to restore the citizens' confidence in the European project (Dossier by Camille-Cerise Gessant)