10/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – In a report published on Tuesday 9 June (see EUROPE 12307/9), the European Commission says that “satisfactory progress” has been made in the seventh round of EU-Chile negotiations to modernise the trade part of the association agreement between them. The round of negotiations, which took place during the week of 25 May, was particularly productive with respect to sanitary and phytosanitary matters, transparency and anti-corruption, and customs and trade facilitation, as well as on services, rules of origin and technical barriers to trade. Considerable work is, however, still needed for several chapters, including those relating to trade and sustainable development and trade and gender, as well as the chapters on financial services, investment and the related arbitration system, geographical indications, state-owned enterprises, subsidies, competition, and energy and raw materials. The next round of negotiations is scheduled for September. The report can be found at: https://bit.ly/2MMEDRy (HD)