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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11821

4 July 2017
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Japan
EU and Japan hope to finalise free exchange agreement at summit on 6 July
Brussels, 03/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

The visit to Tokyo of European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July has cleared the path for an agreement in principle between the EU and Japan.  There are hopes of this agreement in principle coming about at a bilateral summit in Brussels on 6 July (ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg on 7-8 July), in order to seal the EU-Japan free trade negotiations which were launched in 2013.

"An agreement in principle between the EU and Japan is within reach....

Contents

G20 SUMMIT
G20: High-risk summit for the future of multilateralism
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Hour of truth on endocrine disruptors
RESEARCH: Experts recommend doubling EU framework programme budget after 2020
MIGRATION: Action plan under preparation to try to ease migration pressure on Italy
FISHERIES: Commission takes note of UK decision to leave London Convention
FISHERIES: Amendment of regulation on fishing opportunities for 2017
ANIMAL HEALTH: Agreement between member states for improving response to emergency situations
AGRICULTURE: Fruit growers to receive further €70 million in aid
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs call on Vestager to block Bayer's takeover of Monsanto
CLIMATE: Parliament delegation at IMO meeting on maritime transport emissions
TRANSPORT: Sector actors determined to develop clean energies for road transport sector
INDUSTRY: 20 member states repeat call for holistic industrial strategy
CONSUMERS: Public consultation to improve consumer protection law
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Japan hope to finalise free exchange agreement at summit on 6 July
MERCOSUR: Cecilia Malmström speaks of benefits of EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
BALKANS: Serbia and Kosovo to work on launching new phase in dialogue
RUSSIA: Estonia believes Russia is more dangerous now than a few years ago
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE: Last-minute negotiations in European Parliament on country-by-country reporting
FINANCE: European companies concerned about direct repercussions of 'hard' Brexit
COMPETITION: Why the Commission is struggling to take interim measures to protect competition
SOCIAL - EMPLOYMENT - ÉDUCATION
SOCIAL: New online platform to facilitate exchanges between social security systems
EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment down in all member states for first time since 2001
EDUCATION: CEDEFOP says training and education are decisive factors on migrant integration
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia announces that it is suspending its contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Facing threat of impeachment proceedings, Mr Agramunt claims he is 'victim of his determination to promote dialogue' with Syria and Russia
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of Greek bank guarantee scheme
BELARUS: EU speaks out once again against another death sentence
CHINA: EU asks China to release Liu Xiaobo and allow him to receive medical assistance
SPACE: GSA takes over Galileo operations
FINANCE: EIB Group comes on board Lendix platform to increase financing for European business
NEW ZEALAND: EU and New Zealand sign customs cooperation agreement
PARLIAMENT: MEPs to pay tribute to Simone Veil