EU and WTO members strike major deal to simplify trade in services

A group of 67 World Trade Organization (WTO) members, including the EU, have today concluded negotiations on a landmark agreement to cut red tape in services trade. The so-called Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation will simplify unnecessarily complicated regulations and ease procedural hurdles faced by SMEs in particular. This agreement will help reduce the costs of global services trade by more than USD 150 billion every year.

SME Panel on adoption of sustainable technologies and solutions by SMEs

[:nl]Onder leiding van DG Onderzoek en Innovatie (DG RTD) wordt een nieuw kmo-panel gelanceerd over de invoering van duurzame technologieën en oplossingen door kmo’s voor de routekaart voor industriële technologieën.[:fr]Lancement d’une enquête PME sur l’adoption de technologies et de solutions durables par les PME pour la feuille de route sur les technologies industrielles, sous la direction de la DG Recherche et innovation (DG RTD).

Stakeholder consultation on the transition pathway for the energy-intensive industries ecosystem

The update of the EU Industrial Strategy highlights the need to accelerate the green and digital transition of EU industry and its ecosystems. It proposes co-creation with industry, public authorities, social partners and other stakeholders. To initiate the co-creation process, the Commission prepared a staff working document outlining possible scenarios for a transition pathway toward […]

Implementation and enforcement of EU trade agreements have added €5.4 billion to EU exports in 2020

EU preferential trade in 2020 Among the 67 trading partners, Switzerland remained the EU’s top trading partner, with 21.5% of trade, followed by Turkey (11.3%), Japan (9.4%), Norway (7.8%) and South Korea (7.7%). Together, these five partners accounted for more than half of EU preferential trade (57.7%). In terms of overall trade, Switzerland is the […]

Open Call to create a new EIT KIC Culture & Creativity

The EIT launched on 26 October a new call to create a new sustainable innovation partnership to strengthen Culture & Creativity in Europe

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