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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11975
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Asean

Slow progress but work continues towards resumption of EU-ASEAN free trade talks

During the 16th session of ministerial consultations on trade, which took place in Singapore on Friday 2 March, the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN – Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) agreed to continue their work towards establishing a framework governing the parameters of a bi-regional free trade agreement.

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and her Asian counterparts asked their...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
PESCO: Ministers formally adopt first 17 permanent structured cooperation projects
DEFENCE: High Representative hopes to implement Peace Facility to be able to finance military equipment
CSDP: Mogherini is optimistic about new member state contributions in personnel for missions
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Faced with imminent taxes on steel, EU examines project to retaliate against €2.8 billion of US products
TRADE: EU prolongs its anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel pipes and tubes of stainless steel for another five years
ASEAN: Slow progress but work continues towards resumption of EU-ASEAN free trade talks
SYRIA: Devastating humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta could be result of war crimes, says Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Commission to remove France from list of countries with excessive macro-economic deficits
TAXATION: Three countries to come off European black list of tax havens
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Less than three months from deadline, only three member states have transposed PNR Directive
DIGITAL: Two Council meetings in March on confidentiality of electronic communications
CLIMATE: Six EU countries launch common initiative for floor price for carbon in electricity sector
ENERGY: New Russia/Ukraine gas dispute has no impact at this stage on flows of Russian gas to EU
ENVIRONMENT: European ministers set out recipe for 'European Semester' budgetary 'greening' exercise
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Sweden wants significant cuts to budgets for agriculture and cohesion post-2020
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission's plans for Northern Ireland are 'unacceptable' to DUP
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Get-go for European Parliament/Council negotiations on access to products and services
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: Court argues arbitral system included in Dutch-Slovak investment treaty is incompatible with EU law
INTERNAL MARKET: Limiting rights of usufruct over agricultural land to close relatives of owners infringes principle of free movement of capital
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCE: Equivalence is best solution for British financial services post-Brexit, says Bruno Le Maire
DIGITAL: New Parliament proposal on value gap in copyright discussions
KOREAN PENINSULA: Kang Kyung-wha invited to Foreign Affairs Council on 19 March
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU and Tunisia step up cooperation
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Discussions continue on telecommunications in Western Balkans
TRANSPORT: 14 organisations urge Parliament to adopt strong position for 3rd 'mobility' package
TRANSPORT: European shippers eager to cooperate with rail stakeholders to improve railway freight infrastructure
TURKEY: Mogherini hopes for swift and positive outcome on detention of two Greek soldiers