On Tuesday 13 March, the European Commission adopted, in Strasbourg (by 502 votes in favour to 107 against with 68 abstentions), the resolution put together by Swedish MEP Malin Björk and Italian MEP Eleonora Forenza, both from the GUE/NGL Group, aiming to include arrangements to strengthen gender equality and promote women's rights in EU trade agreements.
The draft resolution points out that an assessment of the EU's current trade agreements shows that only one agreement in five mentions...