More Trade News in Brief – Week 17 (22 – 28 April 2013)

 

* EU & Morocco to Start DCFTA Talks

 

22 April 2013, Brussels

 

The EU and Morocco started the first round of negotiations for an EU-Morocco Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).

 

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* IOSCO – Report on Technological Challenges to Market Surveillance

 

 22 April 2013, Madrid (Spain)

 

 The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published today a final report on Technological Challenges to Effective Market Surveillance: Issues and Regulatory Tools.

 

Read the report here.

 

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* ISO’s 2012 Annual Report

 

The ISO’s 2012 Annual Report examines the organization’s activities in the field of business and economy standards.

 

Discover ISO’s Annual Report 2012 here.

 

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* New ISO for Financial Services

 

ISO/ IEC published a new standard: ISO/IEC TR 27015:2012, Information technology – Security techniques – Information security management guidelines for financial services – guidance for organizations providing financial services.

 

Read more here.

 

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News from European Union

 

* EU and Japan to Start Negotiation on FTA

 

The EU and Japan are set to hold a summit within the month as a launch pad to talks that could lead to a major free trade deal.

 

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* EU-Thailand FTA Negotiations to Start Soon

 

The EU will start negotiations with Thailand on a free trade agreement soon.

 

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* EU-Morocco Talks on FTA Begin

 

The EU and Morocco begin talks on free-trade agreement.

 

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