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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12424

13 February 2020
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Vietnam
European Parliament ratifies EU/Vietnam trade agreements
Brussels, 12/02/2020 (Agence Europe)

By 401 votes in favour, 192 against and 40 abstentions for the free trade agreement (FTA), 407 in favour, 188 against and 53 abstentions for the investment protection agreement (IPA), the two EU/Vietnam trade agreements obtained the consent of the European Parliament in plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 February.

Although controversial (see EUROPE B12363A26), these treaties were ultimately better received than the CETA agreement with Canada, perhaps for not having been subjected...

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