Maria Asenius - Head of Cabinet for the EU Commissioner of Trade
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Maria (Mia) \\xc5senius talks about the highlights of her 5 years as the Head of Cabinet for Cecilia Malmstr\\xf6m (EU Commissioner of Trade). She discusses the "Trade for All" initiative and how it helped to guide the negotiations of the bilateral agreements negotiated under their administration: EU - Singapore (re-visited and split into FTA an investment agreement), EU - Vietnam, EU - Japan, EU - Canada (CETA), and EU -MERCOSUR (concluded but not ratified).
\\nMaria discusses what goes into negotiating these agreements and why Commissioner Malmstr\\xf6m has been so successful in doing so. Other topics include the WTO dispute settlement body, geographical indicators, and the future of EU trade.
\\nhttps://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/malmstrom/team_en
\\nhttps://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/october/tradoc_153846.pdf
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