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EP Trade committee aims to strengthen the EU’s capacity to enforce its rights and interests under trade agreements

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Press releases from ALDE

EP Trade committee aims to strengthen the EU's capacity to enforce its rights and interests under trade agreements
By approving today by a large majority Niccolò Rinaldi’s (IdV, Italy) report, the committee urges the European Commission to strengthen its new proposal of regulation allowing the EU to enforce its trade rights and interests under the WTO and bilateral trade agreements. Today, in the absence of horizontal legislation on trade disputes, all litigation decisions are on a case by case basis; which is very slow and not an effective deterrent for trading partners who do not fulfil their contractual obligations.

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