Tag: European Union

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:07 UTC

  Barroso warns Europe of a tough “painful” year ahead

  

  The year 2011 will be economically challenging and painful, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned this week. After two years of economic recession, Barroso expects a difficult year ahead and underlined the need for Europe to make progress on economic governance and policy coordination.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 19:34 UTC

  Brazilian exports set to increase 12% in 2011 reaching 220 billion US dollars

  

  Following the 30% expansion in 2010, Brazilian exports are forecasted to grow 12%, in 2011 according to Foreign Trade Secretary Weber Barral. He added that in 2010 the recovery was quite strong compared to the downturn of 2009, but in 2011 global trade growth rate is expected to slow down.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 09:02 UTC

  UK, France, Germany join forces to freeze EU budget until end of the decade

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined forces with France and Germany to demand a real-terms freeze in the European Union budget until the end of the decade.

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 23:12 UTC

  Paraguayan president confirms Mercosur/EU trade agreement is top of the agenda

  

  Conditions are ready to reach in the short term a trade agreement with the European Union, said Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo whose country, and for the next six months, holds the pro tempore chair of the South American block.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 16:27 UTC

  Mercosur/EU trade negotiations on track for Brussels meeting in March

  

  Trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur are making progress and are on track for a possible trade agreement by mid-2011, following coincidences on several controversial points.

• Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 04:11 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade agreement still far away, say Spanish analysts

  

  The European Union Mercosur trade agreement is still far from becoming a reality and the coming Ibero-American summit in Mar del Plata early December is not expected to signal any significant achievement in this field, according to Spanish political analysts who anticipate some advances towards the end of next year.

• Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 04:09 UTC

  EU and the US pledge to reach a deal on the Doha trade negotiations next year

  

  European Union leaders and President Barack Obama over the weekend made a point of stressing EU/US close ties after a low-key summit in Lisbon ended with a pledge to push for a deal in the Doha trade negotiation next year.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 02:23 UTC

  EU-Mercosur trade talks: Scottish farmers present five main objections

  

  Scottish farmers have openly expressed their opposition to the ongoing trade talks between the European Union and Mercosur demanding guarantees on human health, animal health and food safety before any additional access for imported products from the South American block is agreed.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 04:50 UTC

  German unification conditioned to acceptance of Euro, reveal documents

  

  Deceased French president Francois Mitterrand in 1989 gave his approval to German unification on condition that then Chancellor Helmut Kohl opened the way for the creation of an only currency in the European Union.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2010 - 00:16 UTC

  EU confident of a trade deal with Mercosur; talks next month in Brussels

  

  In anticipation of a new round of Mercosur/European Union trade talks to take place in Brussels, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht confirmed he remained hopeful a deal could be struck in the coming twelve months, following the recent experience with South Korea.