INSIGHT EU: TRADE & COMMERCE Telegram 20 Oct 2017 (with links)

Our telegram headlines today*: 

# WESTERN BALKANS: 

• EU enlargement, Western Balkans and Turkey [What Think Tanks are thinking] - EP Research Service 

# BREXIT: 

• Sanctions policy post-Brexit explored with Foreign Office Minister 

# KOREAN PENINSULA: 

• Federica Mogherini met the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha 

# CHINA: 

• Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of electric bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China +++ 
• New trade defence investigation initiated AD643 +++ 
• European Bicycle Manufacturers Association strongly welcomes launch of much-needed EU investigation of dumped e-bike imports from China  

# UKRAINE

• Ukraine files WTO complaint over Russian import, transit restrictions

# RUSSIA

• Russian Government: On 31 October – 2 November Dmitry Medvedev will visit China and attend the 22nd regular meeting of Russian and Chinese heads of government
• Expanding the list of international financial institutions whose securities may be issued and publicly traded in Russia
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan

# IRAN

• US decertification of the Iran nuclear deal - EP Research Service

# EU - US

• Amcham EU: A new era for EU trade policy? A constructive dialogue
• AmCham EU and AmCham Italy host discussion on Single Market in Rome

# ACP

• The ACP and EU call for ambitious and concrete results ahead of WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires

# BANGLADESH COMPACT

• Implementation of the Bangladesh Compact - Technical Status Report

# UNECE

• UN/CEFACT Single Window Conference to address risks to global trade

# WTO

• Afghanistan, Brazil welcomed as observers to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement

# EU COMMISSION REGISTER

• DG NEIGHBOURHOOD & ENLARGEMENT
• Commission Decision on the major project ''Improvement of the wastewater collection infrastructure in the City of Skopje'' forming part of the multi-annual action programme for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Environment and Climate Action and Transport for the years 2014-2016 for assistance from the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• DG TAXATION & CUSTOMS UNION
• Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as regards the proposals for amendments to that Convention
• DG TRADE
• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU-KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
• Commission Staff Working Document - Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 511/2011 - Accompanying the document - Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Annual report on the implementation of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement

# EU COUNCIL REGISTER

• CM 4643 2017 INIT Africa Working Party
• CM 4648 2017 INIT Working Party on Latin America and the Caribbean (Brussels)
• CM 4650 2017 INIT Asia Oceania Working Party

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