According to a report published by the European Commission on Tuesday 26 June, in 2017 the European Union obtained the removal of 45 barriers to trade and investment set up in third countries. This was twice the number of barriers as in 2016.
The barriers removed spanned across 13 key EU export and investment sectors –aircraft, automotive, ceramics, ICT & electronics, machinery, pharma, medical devices, textiles, leather, agri-food, steel, paper, and services.
The Commission notably...