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Revival of EU-Turkey customs talks to get national leaders' backing

By Joanna Sopinska and Giulia Bedini
  • 25 Mar 2021 06:16
  • 25 Mar 2021 06:16
EU leaders are expected to say today that they're ready to reconsider opening negotiations with Turkey on expanding the 1995 customs union agreement, provided that "the dynamic of the current de-escalation is sustained,” according to a draft of European Council conclusions seen by MLex.

The move is part of the bloc’

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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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