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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11705
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Us

Commission and Obama administration outline TTIP state of play before Donald Trump's inauguration

Ahead of the inauguration of the new US President, Donald Trump, on 20 January, the Commission and the administration of the outgoing US President, Barack Obama, published an assessment on Tuesday 17 January. This assessment examines progress in the EU/US (TTIP) free trade negotiations since their launch in July 2013 and after 15 rounds of technical level talks.

This joint report was drawn up by the services of the Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, and the outgoing US Secretary for...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: With suspense until end, EPP candidate Antonio Tajani elected European Parliament president
PARLIAMENT: EPP and ALDE groups agree on a deal to reform the EU and support election of Antonio Tajani
PARLIAMENT: What ALDE has secured for itself by entering into an alliance with EPP
UNITED KINGDOM: London wants free-trade deal guaranteeing best possible single market access
BUDGET:  Commission takes note of conclusions of Mario Monti's group on own resources
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SPAIN: Madrid needs to be ready to adopt new budgetary measures if necessary
LITHUANIA: Budgetary flexibility granted on the head of reforms to be decided upon in May
SECTORAL POLICIES
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission not combating food waste effectively say the European Court of Auditors
CLIMATE: WWF says total phasing out of coal in Germany's electricity production by 2035 is a 'must'
INTERNAL MARKET: SMEs in construction sector concerned by possible reopening of Regulation on Construction Products
REGIONS: First fruitful meeting between CoR and Maltese Presidency
DIGITAL: European Parliament analysis identifies 5G development challenges
HEALTH: OECD declaration on next generation of health reforms
EXTERNAL ACTION
US: Commission and Obama administration outline TTIP state of play before Donald Trump's inauguration
TRADE: EU services trade surplus down again in 2015 but up with US and China
IRAN: EU warns agreement on Iranian nuclear programme cannot be renegotiated
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Mogherini calls for avoidance of tension
TUNISIA: Political dialogue with EU continues, in cooperation against terrorism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SLOVENIA: Muiznieks calls on Slovenia not to amend law on foreigners
NEWS BRIEFS
URBAN AGENDA: Study shows that cities responsible for educational provision better integrate incomers
BUDGET: Brexit will cost the European budget €10 billion a year
FRANCE: Sapin says public deficit reduction target of 3.3% of GDP has probably been reached
IRAN: EU withdraws four undertakings from sanctions list
INTERNAL MARKET: Construction sector confirms rejection of electronic services card dossier
MOLDOVA: Moldovan president wants association agreement with EU annulled
TUNISIA: Over €10 million in loans for SMEs