On Wednesday 30 August, the European External Action Service managing director for Asia Pacific, Gunnar Wiegand, said it was still possible to start negotiations for free trade agreements between the EU and New Zealand, and between the EU and Australia, in 2017.
"There is a shared interest to start (the negotiations) as soon as possible", he told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee (AFET), adding that the European Commission was in the process of finishing its draft decision...