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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12412

28 January 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 24
EXTERNAL ACTION / United states
Washington's new offensive to open European markets to US agricultural products
Brussels, 27/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

In the wake of statements by US President Donald Trump in Davos on 22 January(see EUROPE B12409A22), the US Administration intends, once again (see EUROPE B12284A4), to press the EU to agree to include agriculture-related elements in the transatlantic trade negotiations.

After Ted McKinney, the U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, last June it was the turn of the Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, to come to Brussels to advocate for U.S....

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: What will happen in the Jean Monnet House? (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Green Deal must go hand in hand with a sufficient budget for CAP, insists EU Council
AGRICULTURE: strong support in EU Council for EU animal welfare certification labelling
AGRICULTURE: Germany, France and Spain present joint declaration on post-2020 CAP
ANIMAL HEALTH: control of African Swine Fever is an EU priority
ENVIRONMENT: climate targets and food safety standards will be under scrutiny in post-Brexit negotiations, warns Pascal Canfin
INDUSTRY: contours of European Commission’s industrial strategy are taking shape
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Croatian minister taken to task by MEPs on police violence against migrants at border with Bosnia and Herzegovina
JUSTICE: European Commission stresses that data protection is a necessity, not a luxury
HEALTH: Europe working around clock after three cases of coronavirus detected in France
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: Borrell calls for patience
NUCLEAR: Nakamitsu welcomes EU's role in disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear arms control
TURKEY: EU provides Copernicus satellite maps to Turkish authorities after deadly earthquake
UNITED STATES: Washington's new offensive to open European markets to US agricultural products
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: better integration of socio-environmental factors in economic governance under debate in European Parliament
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: European Commission's work programme for 2020 is becoming clearer
BUDGET: European Council on 20 February on MFF 2021-2027
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: new President of Parliamentary Assembly, Rik Daems, takes up climate crisis
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: challenge to credentials of Russian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU Council adopts first text on transitional measures for CAP
BUDGET: 'Friends of Cohesion' summit on 1 February will be held in Beja
JUSTICE: ACCA and EY call on regulators to tackle technology used in financial crime
NORTH MACEDONIA: 'Future and destiny of North Macedonia is European', Mr Michel said
FISHERIES: EU Council formally adopts fishing quotas for 2020