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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9856

7 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/canada
Further progress towards free trade deal

Brussels, 06/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - After six months of talks following the EU-Canada summit in Quebec in October 2008 (see EUROPE 9765), the EU and Canada have agreed on the scope of a planned free trade deal, announced Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day on Thursday 5 March 2009. A working group on the feasibility and benefits of a free trade zone agreed that such a deal would cover trade in goods and services, investment, public tender, trade facilitation, customs procedures, rules...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Hillary Clinton announces reset in cooperation with Europe on big issues of the day
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Louis Michel urges Khartoum to allow humanitarian NGOs to carry out their work
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONS: Graham Watson considers Nice Treaty should be applied when appointing new European Commission
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Initiative to prevent Jean-Marie Le Pen from presiding inaugural session of new European Parliament in July
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Meeting to prepare for upcoming European Summit - Agreement hoped on reduced-level VAT
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Ecofin Council to deliver key messages on reform of financial markets, economic recovery and fiscal policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Prospects of joint European message at G20
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB signs off 2008 accounts
(EU) EU/ECB: Eurosystem is not immune to financial crisis
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Spring Summit, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Professional and geographic mobility of workforce at heart of Social Employment Council
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Only high exposure to 4-methylbenzophenone likely to be a danger, says EFSA
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY:
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(EU) EU/PRESSURE GROUPS:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: European cities and regions call for solidarity in the face of crisis
(EU) EP/TRADE: Karim report recommends signature of bilateral free-trade agreement with India before end of 2010
(EU) EU/TRADE: 87 potentially restrictive or anti-competitive trade measures taken in January in countries outside the EU
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: Eurofer drops appeal against import of cold-laminated steel sheeting from China
(EU) EU/CANADA: Further progress towards free trade deal
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Stakeholders adopt initial reflections on reform of Common Fisheries Policy
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Position to be taken in General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Reform of sugar sector achieves objective
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Soil protection is protection against climate change, Commission report points out
(EU) EP/MEDIA: State broadcasters defend principle of subsidiarity and hope to benefit from new broadcasting modes
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Improving investment climate and giving credibility to reform
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