The European Commission's 2018 report on the implementation of the EU's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) confirms the positive trends of previous years. However, this implementation is not yet optimised for small and medium-sized enterprises, admitted Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, upon presenting the report on Monday 14 October.
The third of its kind, the report analyses the evolution of 31% of the EU's trade, covered by 35 FTAs with 62 partners. This includes Canada, but excludes Japan...