The Trade Policy Review

This article was published under the 2020-2025 European Committee of the Regions mandate.

A strong European Union needs a strong trade and investment policy to support economic recovery, create quality jobs, protect European companies from unfair practices at home and abroad, and ensure coherence with broader priorities in the areas of sustainability, climate change, the digital economy and security.

23 June 2020

Willy Borsus, Vice-President of the Government of Wallonia and Minister for Economy and Trade was appointed as rapporteur for the Trade Policy Review.

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.@wborsus wants to better align EU Trade Policy with other EU policies to contribute to:
➡maintaining employment
➡securing agricultural sector; ensuring fair remuneration
➡ensuring level playing field with trading partners
➡protecting our high social & environmental standards pic.twitter.com/GcpkplAEBg

— Renew Europe CoR (@RenewEuropeCoR) November 20, 2020

.@wborsus aujourd’hui au @EU_CoR: “Cela nécessite une cohérence entre différentes politiques européenne ainsi que la publication d’études d’impact complète et approfondie par sous-secteur et zone géographique de chaque accord commercial préalablement à leur adoption au Conseil” pic.twitter.com/LD8HW2o8pk

— Renew Europe CoR (@RenewEuropeCoR) September 29, 2020

.@wborsus (@MR_officiel), Vice-President of the Government of #Wallonia and Minister for Economy and Trade was appointed @EU_CoR rapporteur for the Trade Policy Review at today’s meeting of the ECON commission.#EUtrade #EUTradeReview pic.twitter.com/V5IDFU01XS

— Renew Europe CoR (@RenewEuropeCoR) June 23, 2020