On Tuesday 28 February, the European Parliament's international trade committee voted (with 34 votes in favour, none against and one abstention) for the opening of trialogue negotiations – with the Council of the EU and the European Commission – on the draft to update the EU's trade defence instruments (TDI), after the qualified majority vote at the Council in late 2016 regarding these talks.
After a three-year blockage at the Council, the member states reached a qualified majority...