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EU firms still face restrictions on trading their goods imposed by the bloc's main trading partners. (Photo: Jim Bahn)

EU firms still face barriers despite free trade drive

Many European firms are still subject to discrimination by the bloc’s main trading partners despite a recent drive to liberalise markets, according to a new report by the European Commission.

The annual ‘trade and barriers to investment’ report focuses on the EU’s six main trading partners: China, India, Japan, Mercosur (Brazil/Argentina), Russia and the United States, identifying nearly thirty major trade barriers that put EU firms and products at a disadvantage. T

The report, ...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

EU firms still face restrictions on trading their goods imposed by the bloc's main trading partners. (Photo: Jim Bahn)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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