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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12353

22 October 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Huawei claims to be in discussion with American telecommunications companies

21/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – American telecommunications companies would be interested in Huawei's proposal to sell them its 5th generation technology (see EUROPE B12331A7). This was stated by the president of the Chinese supplier for Western Europe, Vincent Pang, on 18 October at Reuters Agency, but he refused to name or quantify these companies. Last September, Huawei's founder offered Western companies to buy 5G patents, licences, code, technical plans and production know-how from...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: EDPS has “serious concerns” over Microsoft software used by European institutions
ENERGY: EU and US reaffirm role of nuclear power in energy production
ENVIRONMENT: according to PAN Germany and HEAL, assessment of carcinogenicity is distorted for 40% of pesticides in EU
ENVIRONMENT: success of Global Clean Oceans Initiative, already €700 million in long-term funding
FOOD SAFETY: Member States are cutting back on food control spending across the EU, BEUC warns
AGRICULTURE: Commission approves 81 programmes to promote agri-food products
FISHERIES: EU calls for entry into force of world-wide agreement on safety of fishing vessels
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: vagueness surrounding British MPs' vote on an orderly Brexit is changing European Parliament's agenda
COMMISSION: academics, former MEPs and Mr Trichet defend Sylvie Goulard
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: G20 supports OECD’s proposal to tax digital giants
FINANCE: G20’s turn to launch debate on stablecoins regulation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: economy of wellbeing, Member States prepare to call for European strategy for post-2020 period
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU signs new interim arbitration agreement with Norway
UNITED STATES: anti-dumping duties on imports of Spanish acetone and German stainless steel kegs
NORTH MACEDONIA: early parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-April 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Commission authorises 64 million euros in aid for a Polish waste treatment facility
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises 2 million euros in emergency aid for vulnerable populations in Libya
JUSTICE: a large network of tax fraud and evasion dismantled in Hungary
MIGRATION: S&D group in European Parliament wants more resources from Member States for search and rescue operations at sea
DIGITAL: Huawei claims to be in discussion with American telecommunications companies
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