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Commission services from DG NEAR, DG ECFIN and DG DEFIS present the structure of the Ukraine Facility, 2026–2027 allocations, macro‑financial assistance tranches and reform conditionality, and the defence pillar’s focus, product schedules, cascade rules and industrial capacity gaps.
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Joint committee chairs open the meeting, adopt the agenda and corrigendum, and frame the Ukraine support loan as a politically crucial instrument, highlighting the security context, sanctions, reparations calls and early budgetary concerns on interest costs and flexibility.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
Professor Maurer presents his study on CTIPs, critical raw materials MoUs and similar ‘mini‑deals’, highlighting flexibility, weak enforceability and democratic oversight gaps, followed by an exchange with MEPs and the Commission on the balance between mini‑deals and FTAs, transparency, KPIs, development and local value‑addition outcomes, and possible evolution towards more binding and accountable frameworks before the meeting is closed.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair introduces the EU–South Africa CTIP implementation item; the Commission presents its three‑pillar approach and planned tools, followed by questions from rapporteurs and political groups on localisation, visas, regulatory progress, financing, raw materials, CBAM, and parliamentary/civil‑society involvement, to which the Commission responds by clarifying CTIP’s non‑binding nature, links to EPA and existing instruments, business priorities, and governance arrangements.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair opens the INTA meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and then reports on the recent delegation to South Africa, followed by members’ assessments highlighting expectations on financing, industrialisation, Global Gateway, CBAM, energy policy, labour and environmental standards, and South Africa’s geopolitical stance.
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Committee on International Trade Extraordinary meeting
Further speakers defend Parliament’s institutional prerogatives, underline the importance of the newly secured safeguards, and voice sharply polarised views on the deal’s geopolitical and regulatory implications, before final warnings about trade‑war risks are issued and the committee proceeds to adopt both Turnberry files by clear majorities, formally closing the session.
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Committee on International Trade Extraordinary meeting
EPP, ECR and the rapporteur express qualified or strong support for the agreement as a realistic, protective compromise that avoids escalation and reinforces anti‑coercion tools, while Greens and Left denounce its asymmetry, perceived submission to US pressure and risks to EU industrial, social and climate objectives, some only accepting it to prevent a trade war and insisting on strict use of suspension powers.
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Committee on International Trade Extraordinary meeting
The chair opens the extraordinary INTA meeting, sets the agenda, and details the Turnberry deal’s structure, explaining the five ‘S’ safeguards (sunset, suspension, derivatives cap, safeguard clause and monitoring) designed to align with WTO rules, protect EU industry and SMEs, and ensure strong parliamentary control and the option to re‑impose tariffs if US commitments are not met.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair invites Sabine Weyand to reflect on her mandate, leading to her overview of ‘open, sustainable and assertive’ trade policy and the assertiveness toolkit, followed by political group tributes and questions on WTO reform, China, the US, mini‑deals, the IAA and Mercosur, and closing with her strategic responses and the formal adjournment of the INTA meeting.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The committee conducts consecutive votes on steel safeguards, Pakistan trade measures and the economic security report, then on terminating the EU–Liberia FLEGT VPA, cooperation with like‑minded countries in East Africa/Asia, and consent to a broad agreements package with Switzerland, with key results and procedural details read into the record.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair and Pascal Lamy present the concept, conditions and governance of Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs), followed by MEPs’ questions on CBAM, FTAs, democracy and WTO rules and the Commission’s clarification of CTIP architecture, legal form and Parliament’s scrutiny role, concluding with Lamy’s final remarks on binding vs non‑binding formats, India’s CBAM case and global trade‑climate initiatives.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The EU–Israel trade item is introduced with a focus on Article 2 human‑rights obligations, settlement labeling and the Gaza context, leading to a polarized MEP debate on suspending preferences and banning settlement trade, before EEAS and DG TRADE close with clarifications on economic impacts, member‑state powers, enforcement and the limits of unilateral measures.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Chair and Commission present the planned EU–Korea mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment as a tool to cut non‑tariff barriers and complement the FTA, after which the standing rapporteur and other MEPs question the mandate on timing, sector coverage, reciprocity and SME impact, prompting detailed Commission replies and indications on future MRAs.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The committee opens its meeting and addresses EU–Africa trade and investment, with MEPs outlining political group priorities on EPAs, AfCFTA, Global Gateway and conditionalities, followed by the Commission detailing the existing trade and investment toolbox with Africa and the timetable for an INTA resolution and mission to South Africa.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
Chair, MEPs and the Commission review revised US Section 232 tariffs on metals, derivatives and pharmaceuticals against the Turnberry understanding, debating legal status, sectoral impacts, overcapacity tools, exemption efforts, and future risks, before the Chair sets out follow‑up and closes the INTA meeting.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Commission outlines the relaunch and progress of EU–Malaysia FTA talks, MEPs question market potential, SMEs, palm oil, rights and CPTPP‑related disadvantages, and the Commission responds on trade structure, GIs, halal certification, TSD expectations, SPS and diversification away from over‑reliance on China.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The committee conducts voting on the AI report and an olive oil agreement, then hears briefings from monitoring groups on Indonesia, Australia, Chile and the Philippines covering FTA implementation, TSD follow‑up, GIs, procurement and investment protection and expected ratification schedules.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
INTA examines the newly concluded EU–Australia FTA from mandate to safeguards, with the Commission detailing the deal’s content and procedure, MEPs and AGRI voicing support but stressing agricultural risks, GIs and cumulative TRQ impacts, and DG TRADE/DG AGRI responding on enforcement, quotas, safeguards and ratification timeline.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Chair and rapporteur present the political outcome and next steps on the permanent steel safeguard regulation and the US‑related steel and aluminium files, followed by the Commission’s update on the post‑Brexit TRQ split with Pakistan and the timetable for Parliament’s consent before the INTA meeting is closed.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur presents a doctrine for EU economic security focused on diversification, conditionality of EU funding, stronger and faster trade defence, and reduced strategic dependencies, followed by political group reactions and DG Trade’s explanation of the Commission’s December 2025 approach and need for better coordination of instruments.
Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur presents INTA’s draft opinion on extending CBAM to downstream goods, tightening anti‑circumvention and ensuring equity for developing countries, then political groups and the Commission debate CBAM’s scope, exemption powers, revenue use and technical assistance while defending the climate, not protectionist, rationale.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
A trade lawyer and a China think tank analyse China’s ‘duty offshoring’, systemic rivalry and dependency-creation strategies, warning of the limits of current EU instruments, after which MEPs question both experts and the Commission on overcapacity definitions, derisking versus ‘shock therapy’, China’s WTO status, and coordination of national and EU China policies.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the INTA meeting and frames the hearing on EU–China trade before industrial and trade union representatives detail China’s subsidised overcapacity, EU supply-chain dependencies and worker impacts, followed by MEPs’ questions on overcapacity tools, EU responsibility for vulnerabilities, and China’s status as partner, competitor or systemic rival.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Commission underscores the strategic importance, urgency and conditionality of the EU–Switzerland package, after which the chair confirms amendment deadlines for the file, closes the public session and announces the subsequent coordinators’ meeting.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
MEPs report on the Bern mission, describing Swiss stakeholder views, referendum risks and the absence of a Plan B, present the modernised bilateral package and its sectoral implications, and outline parliamentary positions on mobility, EU programmes and social safeguards linked to free movement.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Commission clarifies its WTO reform vision, MFN and plurilateral debates, and the General Council’s role on the Yaoundé package, while the chair concludes the MC14 block by signalling EU reassessment of WTO use, relaying the outcome document to WTO actors, and moving the agenda to EU–Switzerland relations.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair, co-chair and MEPs debate the viability of the WTO, defend multilateralism, query the EU’s stance on MFN and club approaches, press for concrete reform deliverables in Geneva, and raise concerns on developing-country priorities, plurilaterals, civil society space and the respective roles of the EU and US.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The chair opens the INTA meeting, sets procedural points and deadlines, and introduces the Yaoundé WTO ministerial debrief with initial assessments from the parliamentary delegation and the European Commission on the limited outcomes and the ‘Yaoundé package’.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The Commission outlines economic security and trade cooperation with Japan, Korea, Taiwan and CPTPP members, followed by the rapporteur presenting a trade‑focused East Asia opinion centred on supply chains, critical raw materials and values‑based partnerships, before the Chair announces amendment deadlines and the switch to an in‑camera session.
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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur outlines the draft opinion linking East Asia to EU economic security and steel safeguards, followed by EPP, S&D, Renew and GUE/NGL reactions highlighting support, desired amendments on risk reduction, FTAs, labour and sustainability, and criticism over worker protections and digital regulation impacts.
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