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Comment: EU-Turkey customs union revamp likely to stumble again at political hurdles

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 08 Apr 2021 10:02
  • 08 Apr 2021 10:02
This week’s protocol blunder isn’t the only thing standing in the way of upgraded EU-Turkey relations.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Tuesday to upgrade the bloc’s relationship with Turkey in several ways, including modernizing their 26-year-old customs union, during a visit to Ankara with European Council Presid

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Joanna Sopinska

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Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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