Posts Tagged European Union
* Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2014
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published The Regional Yearbook 2014.
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* International Tourism Up by 5% in the First Half of 2014
International tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Destinations worldwide received some 517 million international tourists between January and June 2014, 22 million more than in the same period of 2013.
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* South Africa & Hong Kong – DTA
Hong Kong and South Africa signed a comprehensive double taxation agreement (CDTA).
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* EU Extend Sanctions to Belarus
The European Union has extended its sanctions against Belarus by another 12 months.
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* Global Investment Trends Monitor
UNCTAD published the Global Investment Trends Monitor.
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Armenia will join to the Customs Union led by Russia and block its chances of signing an agreement with the European Union.
The EU respects the decision on joining the Customs but ‘two systems are incompatible” . Russia considers it a diplomatic victory.
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* EU & Japan to Start FTA Talks
25 March 2013, Brussels
European Union and Japan launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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* Long-term Financing of the European Economy
25 March 2013, Brussels
European Commission launches Green Paper on the long-term financing of the European economy.
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* The EU’s Free Trade Agreements
25 March 2013, Brussels
European Commission published an update review of its trade free trade talks.
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* European Innovation Partnership (EIP)
The European Commission launched the European Innovation Partnership to help make Europe a world leader in raw materials exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitution by 2020.
More information on the EIP on Raw Materials.
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* Bioeconomy Observatory
The European Commission will establish an observatory to map progress and measure the impact of the development of the European Union’s bioeconomy.
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* The EU’s Free Trade Agreements
The European Commission released a memo regarding the EU’s Free Trade Agreements:
– On-going negotiations
– Free Trade Agreements finished but not yet entered into force
– Free Trade Agreements already in force
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Also check, fur further information the EU’s bilateral free trade agreements.
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The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) currently has a network of 24 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 33 countries worldwide (excluding the European Union) and signed six Joint Declarations of Cooperation as complement for this extensive network.
The next step is to revise existing EFTA-FTAs to include areas such as services and investment, intellectual property and sustainable development.
Actually, the EFTA have ongoing free trade negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, with the Customs Union Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan, with India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama).
EFTA states are also looking to deepen trade relations with certain African states in the sub-Saharan region.
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17 September 2012, Brussels
EUROSTAT, the European Union (EU)’s statistical office, have been clarified and reinforced to ensure high quality, reliable and independent European statistics.
EUROSTAT’s role is to supply statistics to the Commission and European Institutions, so they can define, implement, monitor and analyse EU policies.
Kindly find more information following the next links:
– Reinforcing Eurostat, Reinforcing high quality statistics
– European Statistics: FAQ
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12 July 2012, Phnom Penh
The European Union (EU) accedes to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) established by the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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11 July 2012
The European Central Bank (ECB) published the report “The International Role of the Euro” to exam the developments in the use of the EUR by non-euro area residents during 2011.
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