The EU/South Africa summit in March could be an opportunity to announce the opening of negotiations on a ‘clean trade and investments partnership’. That, at any rate, is the European Commission's ambition, as three European sources have confirmed to Agence Europe.
In a draft communication on the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ (see EUROPE B13582A1), the European Commission states that it intends to launch negotiations for an agreement of this type as early as March, without specifying with...