On 3 July, the European Commission submitted to the EU Council a negotiating mandate with a view to participating in trade negotiations on Investment Facilitation for Development in the autumn. These negotiating directives, once validated by the EU Council, will enable the EU to launch new plurilateral negotiations within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Key plurilateral subjects
At the end of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2017, 70 WTO members, including...