Brussels is equipping itself with a new instrument putting an end to “naive Europe” rejoices Franck Riester.
“Naïve Europe is a thing of the past,” rejoiced Franck Riester on Monday evening. The Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade hailed a “historic agreement” between the Council of the European Union, of which he represents the rotating French presidency, the European Parliament and the Commission on a new commercial instrument aimed at giving businesses in the Old Continent a better access to public markets in the world.
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Because until now, if Europe largely opened its calls for tenders (more than 90%) to non-European companies, the converse was much less true in the United States, in Japan, not to mention China. . A sector that is very difficult to open up during trade agreement negotiations. Access to public procurement was a major sticking point during negotiations between Brussels and Washington around the highly controversial Transatlantic Treaty, frozen with the election of Donald Trump.
For Valdis Dombrovskis, the Vice-President of the Commission…
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