Faced with the ever-increasing opposition within the public to the free trade agreements and unfair competition carried out by some of the EU’s trade partners, EU28 leaders will attempt to provide a response during the European Council on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 October. This will include them providing guidelines that will help to make the EU’s trade policy more robust. The aim is also to help reach an agreement by the end of 2016 on the modernisation of trade defence instruments...