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Workshops - Anti-corruption and FTAs - 24-01-2018 - Committee on International Trade 09-04-2018 12:38 PM CEST INTA Committee together with the Policy Department organized a Workshop entitled: "Anti-corruption provisions in EU free trade and investment agreements: Delivering on clean trade". Location : Brussels Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Hearings - Screening of foreign investment in the EU - 23-01-2018 - Committee on International Trade 09-04-2018 12:33 PM CEST For the first time key figures from policy makers to experts in the field publically discussed the screening of foreign investments in strategic sectors of the EU. The CFIUS Chair, MS, OECD, the EIB, a number of academic and social partners shared their views on one of the EU's Priority Dossiers for 2018. Location : Brussels Further information Programme Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Hearings - Brexit and future trade relations - 21-03-2018 - Committee on International Trade 09-04-2018 12:28 PM CEST INTA held a public hearing on widely debated topic of Brexit and future EU-UK trade relations. Academics and other experts discussed the economic impact of the UK withdrawal on mutual trade and its wider implications, such as the effects on EU trade agreements with third countries and preferences for the least developed countries, as well as options for transition period after the exit date. The discussion among experts, and representatives of automotive industry, SMEs and workers focused on a possible future trade agreement between the EU and the UK, including the related issues of market access and rules of origin, customs union and special customs arrangement, regulatory cooperation-level playing field, services and implications of WTO most favoured nation principle, and questions of dispute settlement. Location : Brussels Further information Programme Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111