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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11699
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EXTERNAL ACTION / United states

Robert Lighthizer to be Trump administration's Trade Representative

United States President-elect Donal Trump, who will be sworn in on 20 January, announced on Tuesday 3 January that he would appoint business lawyer Robert Lighthizer to the post of US Foreign Trade Representative (USTR).

Lighthizer, 69, a former deputy trade representative under Republican President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, specialises in trade issues for a Washington law firm, representing agricultural, industrial and high tech interests.

“He has extensive experience striking...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Initiative to transfer M5s MEPs to ALDE stillborn
SECTORAL POLICIES
SINGLE MARKET: Imminent proposal for 'services' card has businesses and unions worried
DIGITAL: MEPs position themselves on question of revised audiovisual rules
AGRICULTURE: Commission will strive to prevent unfair business practices
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FINANCE: Securitisation – real test for Maltese Presidency of Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Robert Lighthizer to be Trump administration's Trade Representative
MERCOSUR: Europeans and South Americans want progress in free trade negotiations in 2017 in face of US uncertainty
TURKEY: Çavuşoğlu calls for new negotiation chapters to be opened
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU calls for respect of constitutional court's decisions
IRAQ: 266 tonnes of emergency assistance already channelled through EU's civil protection mechanism
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: EU condemns attacks on UN MINUSCA peacekeepers
MIDDLE EAST: Europeans condemn lorry attack in Jerusalem
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment remains stable in euro area and falls by 0.1% in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
FYROM: EU expects swift formation of government
TRADE: Ghana and Mozambique ratify WTO trade facilitation agreement
UNITED KINGDOM: May pledges UK will not break ties with single market
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: FROM MONDAY 09/01 TO SUNDAY 15/01
OTHER EVENTS IN THE WEEK: FROM MONDAY 09/01 TO SUNDAY 15/01
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1165