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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12302

24 July 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / United states
Sabine Weyand in Washington to identify a negotiated solution to Airbus-Boeing dispute

23/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission's Director-general for Trade, Sabine Weyand, visited Washington on 22 and 23 July to convince the US partner to identify an amicable solution to the settlement of two disputes concerning EU support for the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and US support for Boeing (see EUROPE B12238A1, B12287A12). Invited to a discussion by the American think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, Ms Weyand recalled that the EU...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Commission presents a framework for action to step up fight against global deforestation
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: degree of ambition of Finnish Presidency of Council of the EU satisfies most MEPs in European Parliament Committee
FISHERIES: Commission bans fishing for cod in Eastern Baltic until 31 December 2019
FISHERIES: it will be necessary to digest effects of Brexit before changing fisheries policy, according to João Aguiar Machado
AGRICULTURE: post-2020 CAP and EU/Mercosur trade agreement at heart of MEPs' concerns
AGRICULTURE: Spanish MEP Mazaly Aguilar elected third Vice-Chair of European Parliament committee
INDUSTRY/SINGLE MARKET: Finland's EU Council Presidency's climate ambitions leave some MEPs puzzled
DIGITAL: data economy at heart of Finland's six-month Presidency of EU Council
DIGITAL: Commission updates its notice on .eu domain name post Brexit
SPACE: causes of Galileo failure will be known in autumn
MIGRATION: support for the agreement on a stable mechanism for disembarkation in the EU of migrants rescued at sea
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: with Mauritius Leaks, new calls to review international tax rules
FINANCE: Finance Watch in turn raises alarm on Facebook's Libra currency
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: France ratifies CETA, free trade agreement with Canada
TRADE: Mercosur, Vietnam, United States, WTO on agenda of meeting between MEPs and Commissioner Malmström
UKRAINE: European Union welcomes progress of elections
GULF: EU is closely monitoring creation of a naval force in Strait of Hormuz
AFRICA: additional EU aid of €800 million to support African Union's efforts for peace and security
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU congratulates Boris Johnson, new British Prime Minister, but expresses caution
PARLIAMENT: Antonio Tajani elected to head of Conference of Committee Chairs of European Parliament
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development elects its entire bureau
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA: new European humanitarian aid worth €18.5 million, mainly to prevent natural disasters
CULTURE: European Parliament unveils three films shortlisted for LUX Prize
UNITED STATES: Sabine Weyand in Washington to identify a negotiated solution to Airbus-Boeing dispute
MOLDOVA: EU resumes budgetary support to Republic of Moldova
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development pays tribute to Mr Bradford
VENEZUELA: Panama joins International Contact Group on Venezuelan Crisis
CORRIGENDUM
PARLIAMENT: clarification on name of MEP whose candidacy for Vice-Chair of Committee on Culture and Education was rejected