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Agreements | Brussels, latest update on 27 September 2019

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.

• Factsheet on the transparency policy in EU Trade, 11/2018
• Ongoing bilateral and regional negotiations, last update 07/2019

# NEGOTIATION ROUNDS

AUSTRALIA
  - Report of round 4, July 2019
  - Textual proposals, July 2019
  - The negotiating mandate, June 2018
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CHILE
   - Report of round 5, July 2019   
   - Textual proposals, April 2019
   - The negotiating mandate, November 2017

CHINA INVESTMENT
   - Report of the 23nd round, September 2019

E-COMMERCE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE WTO
   - EU proposal, April 2019
   - The Council decision and the annex, April 2019
 
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 round 8, July 2019
   - 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 5, July 2019
  - 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, March 2018
  - Text of the agreement, September 2016 (translations)
  - The negotiating mandate, April 2009 (modified in July 2011)
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ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ACP COUNTRIES
  - Meetings and documents, February 2019

JAPAN
   - Publication of chapters and annexes, April 2018
   - The negotiating mandate, November 2012
   - More

SINGAPORE
  - Text of the agreement, April 2018

ViETNAM
  - Text of the agreement, February 2016

# COMMITTEES AND DIALOGUES

The EU meet regularly to discuss issues and best practices when applying the agreement. The committees meet regularly.

 - Algeria, Canada,

# MEETINGS HELD BY:

  - EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström - her correspondance
  - 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:

• By country or region: Chile, China, Mexico, Turkey.
• By issue: Dispute settlement.

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