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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§38 |
European Union |
2009 |
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The EC promotes the liberalization of trade in environmental goods and services and seeks a clarification of the relationship between WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
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WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
G-III§41; S-II§33 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC has recently been putting increased efforts into addressing emerging issues in areas such as TBT, SPS, TRIPS, and trade and environment.
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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§58, 84 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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In accordance with its Global Europe strategy, the EC has decided to aim at a new generation of WTO-compatible FTAs designed to promote sustainable development and which therefore include high environmental and labour standards.
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| Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
G-III§58, 75, 84; S-II§15-6 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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EC’s numerous bilateral and regional agreements with less developed countries and regions reflect its commitment to respond to their development needs and to support their sustainable development.
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| Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
G-III§60; S-II§59-60 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC launched negotiations for a region-to-region Association Agreement with the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) and with Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) in 2007, with the objective to foster, inter alia, sustainable development.
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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§68 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The 2006 renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy aims at ensuring that all European trade measures are supportive of sustainable development both a the EU and in partner countries.
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| Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
G-III§69; S-II§13, 26 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) serve to assess the potential economic, social and environmental impacts of trade agreements in the EC as well as its negotiating partners in order to ensure coherence between trade liberalization and sustainable development.
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| Government TPR; Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/REV.1 |
G-III§70, 76; S-II§68-9 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The “GSP+” arrangement aims at providing an incentive to vulnerable developing countries to ratify and effectively implement internationally agreed standards on sustainable development and good governance.
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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§70 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC has been including provisions and commitments on implementing social and environmental standards in its contractual bilateral agreements with the view to foster sustainable development.
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WT/TPR/G/214 |
G-III§70 |
European Union |
2009 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The EC continues to be devoted to multilateral action to ensure that trade rules are supportive of sustainable development, as shown by its ambitious stance in the DDA negotiations on Trade and Environment and, on the social sustainability side, by its support for appropriate special and differential treatment for developing countries across the key negotiating areas of the DDA.
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