The European Commission plans to sign its Advanced Framework Agreement and its EU/Chile Interim Trade Agreement by autumn, once they have been legally reviewed and translated, but this is far too long, according to the Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), Bernd Lange (S&D, German).
“Regarding the calendar, I am quite amazed. It is far too slow. [...] We have elections next year and my clear objective is to have ratification in this legislature....