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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11949

30 January 2018
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
UNCTAD says full potential of EU free trade agreements remains unexploited for €72 billion
Brussels, 29/01/2018 (Agence Europe)

According to a report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Swedish government's National Board of Trade published on Monday 29 January, nearly $89 billion (€72 billion) is lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements with various developed and developing countries.

The report says that EU exporters use the agreements for 67% of their exports to countries with which free trade agreements exist, and that the EU's importers use the free...

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