European Commission Directorate-General for Trade

Agreements | Brussels, latest update 20 April 2017

Transparency in action

On this page you will find negotiating texts and the latest round reports published since 14 October 2015 related to the EU’s existing trade agreements and ongoing trade negotiations with non-EU countries. These texts are also available on the various parts of the DG TRADE website. The texts are collated here as part of the European Commission’s ongoing commitment to greater transparency and specifically to the commitment to transparency made in the EU’s new trade strategy ’Trade for All’.

# NEGOTIATION ROUNDS

Summary

Mercosur
   Report of the 28th round, July 2017
   EU textual proposals, April 2017

Mexico
   Report of the fourth round, July 2017
   Textual proposals, July 2017

WTO
   EU-Brazil joint proposal on farm subsidies, July 2017

Japan
   Publication of chapters, following the agreement in principle, July 2017  

 Myanmar
   Report of the fifth round, April 2017

Tunisia  (in FR)
   Joint DCFTA technical meeting report, March 2017
   Initial EU texts, April 2016
   Report of the first round, April 2016

Philippines
   Report of the second round, March 2017
   EU texts proposals, March 2017

Indonesia
   Report of the second round, February 2017
   Textual proposals, February 2017

Environmental goods agreement (EGA)
   Report of the 17th round, November 2016

Trade in services agreement (TiSA)
   Report of the 21st round, November 2016
   Textual proposals and revised offers, October 2016
   The negotiating mandate, March 2015
  
China-investment
  Report from the 12th round, October 2016

TTIP
   Report of the 15th round, October 2016
   Textual proposals, July 2016
   The negotiating mandate, October 2014

 

# AGREEMENTS

  CETA
   Text of the agreement, September 2016 (translations)

   Texts adopted by the European Commission and formally proposed to the Council of the EU, July 2016
   The signature of the agreement (translation in all EU languages)
   The conclusion of the agreement (translation in all EU languages)
   The provisional application of the agreement (translation in all EU languages)

  Vietnam
   EU-Vietnam Free trade agreement text, following the conclusion of the negotiating process. February 2016

  West Africa
   Economic Partnership Agreement with West Africa, October 2015
   Annex A and B
   Annex C part I
   Annex C part II

  East Africa
   Economic Partnership Agreement with the East African Community, October 2015

  South Africa
   Economic Partnership Agreement with the South African Development Community, October 2015

# MEETINGS HELD BY:
   EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström - her correspondance
   The Commissioner's cabinet
   EU Trade Director-General Jean-Luc Demarty

# IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (IA) AND  SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (SIA):
   IAs and SIAs carried out in support of negotiations

   Impact assessments
   Sustainability impact assessments

  # BETTER REGULATION

In order to ensure that EU policies and laws are prepared, implemented and reviewed in an open and transparent manner, stakeholders may express their views at every stage of the policy cycle. The following issues are presently open for comments:

• By country or region: Andean Community, Australia, Chile, China, East African Community, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey.
• By issue: Access to medicines, Dispute settlement, Dual use control, Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP).

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