The Trade Steering Committee covers four main areas :
Customs
UCC, Rex System
Trade preferences
Vietnam, Indonesia, TTIP, GSP
Sustainable development
Trade and sustainable development chapters
IPR
Promotion of IP protection in third countries, World Customs Organisation cooperation
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After a decade of negotiations, a win for free, fair, and rules-based trade with a key Indo-Pacific partner Brussels, [23 September 2025] - The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) strongly welcomes today’s conclusion of the Comprehensive...
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Brussels, 27th of November 2023 The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) welcomes the signing of the legislation extending the current rules of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). Following FESI’s concerns over stalled negotiations, its...
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CEPA Coalition welcomes the nomination of Indonesia’s new Minister of Trade
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