On Monday 12 October MEPs, representatives of the European institutions and civil society discussed the reform of European trade policy, which is the subject of a public consultation until mid-November.
The newly appointed Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, reiterated the concept of combining the EU’s strategic autonomy and openness (‘open strategic autonomy’) (see EUROPE B12571A21). He identified four priorities: – defending a rules-based multilateral trade order;...