On Wednesday 11 September, BusinessEurope, the representative body of Europe’s major companies, presented its priorities for the new legislative cycle, particularly on the subject of trade. It calls for a proactive trade policy in which the EU concludes more free trade agreements (FTAs) more quickly.
To do this, the Commission should negotiate EU-exclusive competence agreements, i.e. agreements which only include a trade component, according to BusinessEurope’s recommendations.
The...