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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12333

24 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 18
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
New record for EU agri-food exports, up by €13.7 billion
Brussels, 23/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

Demand for European agri-food products continues to grow at a record pace, according to statistics published by the European Commission on Monday 23 September.

European exports increased by 12.6% compared to July 2018 (+€13.7 billion). The most noteworthy increase was for the United States (+€393 million), followed by China (+€269 million) and Japan (215 million). On the other hand, those to Hong Kong, Libya and Turkey have decreased.

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SECTORAL POLICIES
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WOMEN: quotas for women, Finland is not really optimistic
INDUSTRY: European automotive industry urges EU and United Kingdom to avoid a no-deal Brexit
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: agreement in view at EU Council on taxonomy on sustainable finance
ECB: Mario Draghi urges euro area countries to deepen economic and monetary union
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: Mr De Capitani to bring new case on access to documents before Court of Justice of EU
COMMISSION: Jens Flosfdorff, Eric Mamer and Dana Spinant will be trio responsible for media relations for Mrs von der Leyen
EXTERNAL ACTION
UN: fires in Amazon, EU feels co-responsible and wants to help, says Donald Tusk in New York
SYRIA: 92% of donor pledges made at 3rd Brussels Conference are being fulfilled by 2019
TRADE: new record for EU agri-food exports, up by €13.7 billion
NEWS BRIEFS
ENLARGEMENT: Mogherini and Western Balkan countries call for opening of EU accession negotiations with Tirana and Skopje
SPACE: launch of call for support to European Parliament to set up “sky & space” intergroup
JUSTICE: composition of commission of inquiry into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia raises serious concerns
TRADE: review of anti-dumping duties on imports of Russian ammonium nitrate regarding their expiry