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Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.

last update: May 2012
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EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico: Stop making farmers and agricultural workers pay for your deals!
8-Sep-2025     European Coordination Via Campesina
Farmers from across several countries, together with a broad coalition of around 40 trade unions and civil society organisations, united in action to deliver a clear and urgent message: the EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico free trade agreements must not, and will not pass.
Von der Leyen played hardball with China. Then she won a trade deal with Trump.
30-Jul-2025     Politico
Washington and Brussels have vowed to join forces against China’s excess production of subsidized steel.
EU and Moldova reach agreement on a modernised trade relationship
25-Jul-2025     European Commission
The EU and Moldova have reached an agreement to review and update the trade terms of the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.
EU refers Hungary to the highest court
18-Jul-2025     Kosova Press
The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for refusing to comply with a key European Union ruling on investor-state arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.
EU and Ukraine strike less ambitious but 'realistic' trade deal
1-Jul-2025     Euronews
A revised version of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area – the primary trade framework between the EU and Ukraine – was agreed in principle, following intensive weekend talks with Ukrainian counterparts.
Negotiations update on an enhanced UK-Switzerland FTA
26-Jun-2025     UK Government
The seventh round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland took place in London between 5 and 13 June 2025.
Farmers in EU raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals
5-Jun-2025     Reuters
French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.
EU and Ukraine preparing to negotiate new trade agreement – Polish minister
27-May-2025     MSN
Ukraine and the EU are preparing for negotiations on a new trade agreement. The Polish minister emphasized the need for Ukraine's agricultural sector to comply with European standards.
Switzerland and US agree to accelerate trade talks, Swiss president says
27-May-2025     Reuters
Switzerland and the United States have agreed to accelerate their trade talks and are determined to reach an agreement quickly, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said, without specifying a time frame.
Zelenskyy proposes U.S.-Ukraine free trade agreement to Trump – Ukraine's trade envoy
21-May-2025     Interfax
Ukrainian President, in a letter to US President outlining new opportunities for cooperation in defense and trade, proposed the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Ukraine and the United States.