The
Europe and World Trade Directorate aims to make the UK an
effective partner in the EU, and more widely, to develop
open, dynamic and efficient markets and so contribute to
creating a highly productive UK economy within a competitive
EU and a sustainable world trading environment.
UK
Presidency ends
The United Kingdom held the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union from 1 July until 31 December 2005.
Article on the UK Presidency
and its achievements by the Secretary of State, Alan Johnson,
for the CBI's Business Voice magazine 
(35kb).
The
Presidency has now passed to Austria from 1 January 2006.
To find out more about the Austrian Presidency please visit
their Website.
The DTI website of the UK
EU Presidency 2005 will remain online for reference but
will no longer be updated.
Why trade really matters in the fight against world poverty
Should trade be fair, free, just? Or all three? A new publication
on why trade matters has been published by DFID and is available
as a free PDF
download from their web site.
EU Horizon Scanning - European Commission Work
Programme 2006
The Commission
publishes its annual work
programme
containing the planned major legislative and policy
initiatives at the start of each calendar year on its website.
Download
road map
(1.2mb)
Read more...
DTI
publishes a report on the Impact of
the proposed EU Directive on Services in the Internal market,
case studies of UK businesses.
Download
(950kb)
Read more...
The Annual
Statement of CCDs has been revised to show latest position
on DTI measures.
UK
Trade Priorities during UK Presidencies of G8 & Europe
Union
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP , Minister for Trade , Investment and
Foreign Affairs regarding UK Trade Priorities during UK
Presidencies of G8 & Europe Union made at the Traidcraft
event in London on Monday 27 June 2005
How
can we get trade justice - 29.06.2005
Mr Hilary Benn Secretary of State for International Development
speaks at the London School of Economics
Championing
Business in Government, Europe and across the World
Speech by Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State Speech at
DTI Stakeholder Event in London on Monday 20 June
As
part of the on going WTO Doha Round negotiations, the EU
tabled its revised services offer on 2 June
Mr
Ian Pearson, Minister for Trade and Foreign Affairs, welcomes
the EU announcement of extensive commitment to open access
to the EU services market in exchange for improved opportunities
for EU service providers from other WTO members
The benefits of trade liberalisation, the Doha Development
Agenda & trade facilitation
Mr Ian
Pearson Minister for Trade and Foreign Affairs speaks at
the Commonwealth Trade Policy seminar for London based High
Commissioners and their staff on 24 May
2005
Download
(95kb)
DTI
launched a position paper on Economic Partnership Agreements
with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries - 22.03.05
Download
(84kb)
Secretary
of State Patricia Hewitt agreed a paper on EU Industrial
Policy with her German counterpart Wolfgang Clement in Berlin,
30 November. As part of revitalising the Lisbon Strategy
- 30.11.04
Download
(120kb)
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