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High-level Conference on Working Together for Growth - Making the most of the internal market and external trade

On 20 January 2012, the Commission will host a conference on how to develop and foster mutual supportiveness of external and internal market opening policies, in particular in goods and services regulations. The EU’s "internal" policies are critical for the EU’s effectiveness internationally and the EU’s external policies also shape the competitiveness of the internal market.

The evolution of the world economy and consequences for the EU
  1. Trade and climate change
    • April 2011
    • Format: PDF
  2. Ex-post assessment of six EU Free Trade Agreements
    • February 2011
    • Format: PDF
  3. Expanding the Information Technology Agreement (ITA)
  4. Impacts of EU Outward FDI on the EU Economy
  5. Global trade and environmental impact of the EU biofuels mandate
  6. Truths and myths about the openness of EU trade policy and the use of EU trade preferences
    • April 2009
    • Format: PDF
  7. EU external trade competitiveness (Final report by CEPII)
    • January 2009
    • Format: PDF
  8. Consequences of the textile and clothing quota phasing-out on producer and consumer prices in Europe
    • April 2007
    • Format: PDF
  9. Commission Staff Working Document annexed to the Global Europe communication
    • October 2006
    • Format: PDF
Other trade policy issues
  1. Assessing the Land Use Change Consequences of European Biofuel Policies
    • October 2011
    • Format: PDF
  2. Are IPR a barrier to the transfer of climate change technology?
    • January 2009
    • Format: PDF
  3. Qualified Market Access
    • October 2008
    • Format: PDF
Multilateral trade
  1. Economic impact of potential outcome of the DDA II
    • September 2011
    • Format: PDF
  2. Who gains from the Doha Round?
    • April 2006
    • Format: PDF
  3. Where do the benefits from the Doha Round come from?
    • April 2006
    • Format: PDF
  4. Comparison of economic estimates of the Doha Round
    • June 2006
    • Format: PDF
  5. Who gained from the Uruguay Round
    • April 2006
    • Format: PDF
Bilateral - and regional trade
  1. Assessment of barriers to trade and investment between the EU and Mercosur
  2. Economic Integration in South East Asia and the Impact on the EU
    • March 2011
    • Format: PDF
  3. Survey on Current Conditions and Intention of Outbound Investment by Chinese Enterprises
  4. The Economic Impact of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Korea
    • May 2010
    • Format: PDF
  5. EU-Japan Economic study: Assessment of barriers to trade and investment between the EU and Japan
    • February 2010
    • Format: PDF
  6. EU-US Trade and Investment Study
    • December 2009
    • Format: PDF
  7. Assessing the costs and benefits of a closer EU-Canada economic partnership
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    • October 2008
    • Format: PDF
  8. An Impact Study of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the six ACP Regions
    • March 2008
    • Format: PDF
  9. The link between EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Institutional Reforms
    • March 2008
    • Format: PDF
  10. Economic Impact of a Potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and ASEAN
    • April 2007
    • Format: PDF
  11. Economic Impact of a Potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Korea
    • April 2007
    • Format: PDF
  12. Economic Impact of a Potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and India
    • April 2007
    • Format: PDF

Analysis

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