In the autumn the European Commission will produce an overarching strategy paper on how best to enhance the EU's external competitiveness.
The EU will take a hard-headed approach to ensuring markets are genuinely open and that international rules are applied openly and transparently. This paper will take a new strategic approach to market access, recognising the need to realign EU trade policy to account for the growth of Asia.
- Reflecting on anti-dumping in a globalised world.
I will launch a formal reflection on the use of anti-dumping measures - probably in the second half of 2006.
I think that anti-dumping rules are necessary to ensure public confidence in fair trade and a fair deal for European businesses. However, it is important that such rules are adapted to the complexity of global markets and to the changing patterns of trade and production.
- A twenty-first century strategy for China.
The EU will produce a strategic communication in the autumn on the EU-China relationship. China is the biggest single challenge of globalisation in the trade field.
Europe must get its response to China right: as a threat, an opportunity and prospective partner. The Communication will focus on key areas such as intellectual property, market access issues and investment opportunities.
In the month ahead I will continue to focus on Doha.
I will be travelling to Vienna for the EU-Latin America Caribbean Summit and then on to the ASEAN region for a series of trade talks, including a discussion of our recently completed feasibility study into a possible EU-ASEAN FTA.
Before the summer I hope to head to China to continue to build our close and growing trade relationship. I welcome your continued interest in European Trade news.
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