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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12726
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EXTERNAL ACTION / China

EU needs trade defence tools before expanding relations with Beijing, say MEPs

The EU has more than one reason to shelve the investment agreement with China for now, say MEPs.

At a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) on Tuesday 25 May, they reiterated their willingness to freeze ratification of the agreement until Chinese sanctions against the EU are lifted (see EUROPE B12723A16). They also insisted on the need to equip European trade policy with defence tools to guard against Chinese power. 

The first to speak out was...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
CLIMATE: EU27 will meet after summer to discuss future legislative package to achieve EU’s climate ambition
HEALTH: satisfied with progress of Covid-19 vaccination in EU, EU27 nevertheless call for vigilance
HOME AFFAIRS: EU leaders want to prepare for a return to free movement in EU
MIGRATION: EU27 to address migration question in June
BELARUS: Macron says additional sanctions were most effective response to Ryanair hijacking
RUSSIA: Merkel and Draghi call for EU unity in face of Russian actions
MALI: EU27 call for immediate release of Malian President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: Brexit adjustment reserve, MEPs revise method of resource allocation
COMPETITIVENESS: industrial strategy, high performance computing and space policy on agenda of EU Council on 27-28 May
SPACE: official launch of new European Union Agency for the Space Programme
TRANSPORT: European airline pilots concerned about consequences of forced landing of Ryanair flight in Minsk
FISHERIES: European Fisheries Control Agency wants to strengthen its inspection fleet
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: European External Action Service learns initial lessons from Coordinated Maritime Presences pilot project
CSDP: EU to extend EUBAM Libya mission until 30 June 2023
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: MEPs call for steel and aluminium safeguard measures to be extended
CHINA: EU needs trade defence tools before expanding relations with Beijing, say MEPs
UNITED STATES: MEPs support creation of a Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council
MYANMAR: EU denounces junta’s proposal to dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s party
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: country-by-country reporting, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council takes a step towards Parliament
TAXATION: energy taxation, EU Member States support inclusion of aviation and maritime sectors 
STATE AID: green light in Germany for 2.1 billion euros in aid for high-speed mobile communications services
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
AFRICA: EU ready to invest €1 billion in vaccines, medicines and access to biotechnology
SOCIAL: SURE instrument - European Commission disburses another tranche of financial support to 12 Member States
COHESION: REACT-EU - European Commission approves new modifications of operational programmes for France, Malta, and Slovenia
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament is drafting its recommendations for extension of European crime list to gender-based violence
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: CAP support helps stabilise farm income, says European Commission
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation confirmed at 1.6% in April
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults on data on separate collection of single-use plastic bottles
ENVIRONMENT: Poland does not intend to close Turów mine, despite EU Court of Justice’s order
DIGITAL: European media want rapid adoption of digital markets act
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEP Lucia Nicholsonová leaves ECR group to join Renew Europe
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