Nearly a dozen working parties have been working on a large majority of the chapters of the future comprehensive and deep free trade agreement (DCFTA) between Tunisia and the European Union, in Tunis in early May 2019. The negotiators also exchanged views with civil society.
The joint report of this fourth round of talks, published on Wednesday 5 June, describes the atmosphere as “cordial and constructive”. During these discussions, the principles of asymmetry, in particular as...