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Transparency in action
On this page you will find EU negotiating texts proposals and the latest round reports published since October 2015 related to the EU’s trade agreements and ongoing trade negotiations. On other pages, you will find additional documents related to our trade relations with partner countries. The variety and quantity of texts available on this website show the European Commission’s commitment to being the world’s most transparent public institution in the field of trade policy.
- 2019 transparency statistics of the Trade department of the European Commission, May 2020
- Factsheet on the transparency policy in EU Trade, 11/2018
- Ongoing bilateral and regional negotiations, last update 05/2020
# NEGOTIATION ROUNDS
AUSTRALIA
- Report of round 7, June 2020
- Textual proposals, July 2019
- The negotiating mandate, June 2018
- More
CHILE
- Report of round 7, June 2020
- Textual proposals, April 2019
- The negotiating mandate, November 2017
CHINA INVESTMENT
- Report of the 31st round, 28 July 2020
E-COMMERCE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE WTO
- EU proposal, April 2019
- The Council decision and the annex, April 2019
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
- Report of round 2, July 2020
- Report of round 1, January 2020
- EU textual proposals, January 2020
ENERGY CHARTER TREATY MODERNISATON
- The mandate and its annex, May 2019
EU-US TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
- The mandate on the elimination of tariffs for industrial goods, April 2019
- The mandate on conformity assessment, April 2019
INDONESIA
- Report of virtual round, June 2020
- Textual proposals, July 2019
- Cross-border data flows and protection of personal data and privacy - Factsheet, July 2018
MERCOSUR
- Text of the agreement, July 2019
- Report of the 38th round, April 2019
- EU textual proposals, December 2017
- More
MEXICO
- Agreement in Principle and its texts April 2018
- Report of the seventh round, December 2017
- Report of the sixth round, December 2017 (published 12/6/2018)
- More
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT COURT (MIC)
- The negotiating mandate, March 2018
MYANMAR
- Report of the fifth round, April 2017
NEW ZEALAND
- Report of round 8, July 2020
- Textual proposals, July 2019
- The negotiating mandate, June 2018
- More
PHILIPPINES
- Report of the second round, March 2017
- EU texts proposals, March 2017
TRADE IN SERVICES AGREEMENT (TiSA)
- Report of the 21st round, November 2016
- Textual proposals and revised offers, October 2016
- The negotiating mandate, March 2013
TUNISIA (in FR)
- Report of round four, June 2019
- Textual proposals, January 2019
WTO
- EU-Brazil joint proposal on farm subsidies, July 2017
# AGREEMENTS & IMPLEMENTATION
CANADA
- Meetings and documents, regularly updated since March 2018
- Text of the agreement, September 2016 (translations)
- The negotiating mandate, April 2009 (modified in July 2011)
- More
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ACP COUNTRIES
- Meetings and documents, regularly updated since February 2019
FAROE ISLANDS - dialogues and committee meetings
- 18th Joint Committee Meeting on 9 October 2019 : agenda | report
JAPAN
- Publication of chapters and annexes, April 2018
- The negotiating mandate, November 2012
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SINGAPORE
- Text of the agreement, April 2018
VIETNAM
- Text of the agreement, February 2016
# COMMITTEES AND DIALOGUES
The EU and its trading partners meet regularly to discuss issues and best practices when applying the agreement. The committees meet regularly; the meeting documents can be found here:
Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Central America, Colombia - Ecuador - Peru, Economic Partnership Agreements, Egypt, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Moldova, Palestine, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,
# MEETINGS HELD BY:
- EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan
- The Commissioner's cabinet
- EU Trade Director-General Sabine Weyand
# 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 currently open for comments:
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