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National sustainable development approaches won’t lower EU trade ambitions, top official says

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 06 Oct 2022 09:38
  • 06 Oct 2022 09:38
A country-by-country approach to sustainable development rules in EU trade deals won’t lead to lowering the bloc’s ambitions, a top EU official told EU lawmakers.
Margaritis Schinas, the commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life, said in the European Parliament's trade committee yesterday that “clear timelines and milestones” will

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


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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