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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11749

21 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
US stuns G20 partners by refusing to commit to anti-protectionist pledge
Brussels, 20/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

The meeting of G20 finance ministers in Baden Baden on Saturday 18 March concluded with a bitter taste in the mouths of the United States’ partners in the group that brings together the planet’s largest economies, with Donald Trump’s administration casting doubt on the global doctrine of free trade and multilateralism.

New US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin managed to have removed from the G20 Finance final statement all reference to a commitment from the parties to challenge and...

Contents

60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES
60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES: Second instalment of our commemorative series - 1967
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: Ministers decide to step up negotiations on reforms requested of Athens
EUROGROUP:  Dijsselbloem to accept his peers' decision concerning his personal future
TAXATION: Maltese Presidency of Council of EU intends to stabilise new elements of CCTB by June
FINANCE: ECB publishes final guidelines on treatment of non-performing bank loans
G20: G20 reiterates commitment to fight aggressive tax optimisation
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU ministers call for robust action on alcoholic and sugary drinks
HEALTH: Malta and Belgium candidates for hosting future EMA headquarters
FOOD SAFETY: EU calls for tighter import checks on Brazilian meat
AGRICULTURE: No opposition from Council experts to simplified greening rules
AGRICULTURE: No interest in public intervention stocks of powdered milk
FISHERIES: Catch limits for sandeel revised upwards
FISHERIES: Proposal on adjustment of EU-Mauritania fisheries protocol
CLIMATE: G20 finance chiefs fail to reach commitment on Paris Agreement, much to discontent of Europeans
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British government will officially ask to leave the EU on Wednesday 29 March
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: EU imposes sanctions on four military officials for their role in use of chemical weapons
LIBYA: International community says peaceful solution in Libya is urgent
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU calls for swift implementation of recommendations from Advisory Commission on Rakhine State
AFRICA: EU commits €120 million to support African Union mission to Somalia
AFRICA: November's EU-Africa summit in Abidjan to focus on youth unemployment
AFRICA: Investment in Africa is priority of both G20 and EU
TRADE: US stuns G20 partners by refusing to commit to anti-protectionist pledge
JAPAN: EU hoping for commitment to be confirmed by Shinzo Abe for concluding free trade agreement
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU calls for freedom of association and assembly to be upheld
BUDGET: European Parliament's budget committee to adopt agreement on revision of MFF on 27 March
EMPLOYMENT: Job vacancy rate in euro area  was 1.7% in  fourth quarter of 2016 and 1.8% in  EU
ENERGY: Sefcovic continues his Energy Union tour in Slovakia
ETHIOPIA: Mogherini encouraging Ethiopian Prime Minister to establish dialogue with opposition
TAXATION:  FTT – three countries need to agree to move by May
MEDITERRANEAN: An area particularly sensitive to climate change
RESEARCH: EU awards €1 million to creators of mobile food scanner
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: No. 1174