EU: Consultation on the Trade Policy Review
The European Commission (EC) launched a major review of the EU’s trade policy.
This review aims to cover all relevant topics to the EU trade policy and includes a public consultation from the European Parliament, EU Member States, stakeholders and civil society. The objective is to build consensus around a fresh medium-term direction for EU trade policy, responding to a variety of new global challenges and taking into account the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The consultation is open until November 15, 2020, and its results are expected to be published by the end of the year.
EU: Consultation on the Trade Policy Review
EU: GSP Stakeholder Survey
The European Commission opened a survey period on the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) addressed to stakeholders.
Participants are invited to share their point of view on the EU's GSP and provide information on which sectors benefit from GSP, which are the developing countries that benefit from GSP, the current engagement of companies, the challenges to meet the requirements to import under GSP, as well as different ways to encourage stakeholders to take full advantage of the GSP's benefits.
The current EU GSP runs from January 2014 until December 2023 and is subject to periodic review. This survey aims to collect information on the general awareness about the EU GSP among stakeholders, international organizations, economic operators in the EU, beneficiary countries and third countries, industry associations and public officials.
The survey is open until October 15, 2020.
GSP Trade Preferences: Stakeholder Survey