Saturday, December 29, 2012
How America's Shale Revolution Could Ruin The European Union Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/shale-will-ruin-the-eu-2012-12#ixzz2IhDMsDN1
Bejegyezte: Krissons dátum: 10:45 0 megjegyzés
Címkék: CFSP, Energy, External Relations, Russia, USA
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Russia's Putin says EU energy law is "uncivilized"
Bejegyezte: Krissons dátum: 12:57 0 megjegyzés
Címkék: Competition, Energy, External Relations, Russia
Sunday, December 16, 2012
EU and Singapore agree free trade deal
The European Union and Singapore agreed terms of a free trade deal (...), a move that should further open the Asian country's markets for financial services and make it easier for European automakers to export there.(...)
After the completion of negotiations by the European Commission, the EU executive, member states and the European Parliament need to sign off for the agreement to come into force. Though EU countries have in the past sometimes rejected such deals for political reasons, this is unlikely to happen with Singapore, as EU leaders in October called for a swift conclusion of negotiations.(...)
The bloc hopes the agreement will give it better access to Singapore, one of Asia's richest countries per head of population, where currently the United States enjoys preferential access. Singapore has a population of only 5 million, but it is also a gateway to the 600 million people in the fast-growing economies of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The EU is the city state's second biggest trade partner after neighboring Malaysia, with bilateral trade in goods amounting to 46 billion euros ($60 billion) in 2011. The EU had a trade surplus of 8 billion euros, with cars making up a large chunk of its exports.
Singapore's import tariffs are low. The deal will remove non-tariff barriers such as the double testing of cars, as Singapore would start to recognize EU standards, EU officials say. Other key benefits would be the further opening of Singapore's banking and financial services sector, as well as better access to its public procurement markets.
The push for free trade agreements comes as the EU struggles with a sovereign debt crisis and tries to supplement stagnant domestic consumer demand with free trade pacts with major economies. A deal with South Korea came into effect last year and one with Canada is near completion. EU trade ministers agreed in November to start negotiations with Japan, while preliminary talks are underway for an agreement with the United States.
EU trade officials want the Singapore deal to set a precedent for trade deals with other countries in ASEAN. The EU is currently negotiating free trade pacts with Malaysia and Vietnam, and hopes one day to forge a region-to-region trade agreement. "What I think is more important" than just trade with Singapore, said De Gucht, is "setting a number of standards in services that we will try to enlarge to the whole region".
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Bejegyezte: Krissons dátum: 10:51 0 megjegyzés
Címkék: ASEAN, Canada, External Trade, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, USA, Vietnam
Friday, December 14, 2012
European governments clinched a landmark deal on bank supervision
Bejegyezte: Krissons dátum: 16:02 0 megjegyzés
Címkék: banking union, Czech Republic, ECB, European Commission, European Council, Eurozone, Germany, Ireland, President, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Elfogadta az EP az egységes uniós szabadalmi szabályokat
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Bejegyezte: Krissons dátum: 15:45 0 megjegyzés
Címkék: Competition, European Commission, European Parliament, European Patent Office