In the European Parliament’s plenary session held in Strasbourg on 14 March, the European Union managed to put an end to the 20-year long hormone beef trade war with the US and Canada. The deal reached will allow the EU to keep its ban on hormone-treated beef imports and in return increase its quota for imports of high-quality beef from...
After nearly 20 years' effort, Canada and China have concluded negotiations on a foreign investment pact (FIPA), but legal and bureaucratic obstacles remain before it can become law.
The European Commission does not sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement over doubts raised concerning its legality and the manner in which it was negotiated.