The Heads of State or Government will return to the subject of EU trade policy at their dinner in Brussels as part of the European Council on 21 and 22 October. According to Charles Michel’s invitation letter, the aim is to see “how trade can be used to pursue the EU’s global objectives”. This follows the discussion EU leaders had in Brdo pri Kranju in early October on the same issue (see EUROPE B12806A3).
At this stage, the draft European Council conclusions baldly state that...