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How the European Commission Supports Companies in Market Access and International Activities
Brussels, 28 June 2013
Signe Ratso, Director, European Commission
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EU remains a trading power…
15.5 % of world trade (in goods) in 2011
First
exporter
14.9% (2011)
Largest
importer
16,1% (2011)
EU-27 received €241.7 bn in FDI 2011
(ranking 1st before US €226.9 bn)
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EU trade policy and its Market Access Strategy
facilitate internationalisation through
1. opening markets
2. enforcement of agreements
3. specific services
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Agreements in force Negotiations concluded
Bilateral agreements – State of play
Mexico
Columbia Peru
Cariforum
Chile South Africa
South Korea
Ukraine
Euro-Med
Central America
Fiji
Papua New
Guinea Singapore
EFTA
Turkey
Balkans
Eastern & Southern
Africa
Cameroon Ivory Coast
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Bilateral agreements – the way ahead
Japan
Eastern partners
Pacific
Malaysia India
Thailand
Mercosur
Euro-Med
Canada
Gulf countries
5 African regions
Vietnam
Other ASEAN
Negotiations ongoing Negotiations under consideration
United States
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Market Access Strategy: tools for European exporters
• Ensures effective access for European companies to non-EU markets
• Translating trade opportunities of multilateral and bilateral negotiations into actual trade flows
• Part of the enforcement agenda of EU trade policy, complementary to negotiating agenda
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The two pillars of the Market Access Strategy
Market Access Strategy (MAS)
Market Access Partnership (MAP)
Removal of trade barriers
Market Access Database (MADB)
Information on market access conditions
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Market Access Partnership: Objectives
• Identification, legal and economic analysis of barriers
• Prevention of new barriers
• Removal of existing barriers
• Special focus on needs of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)
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Market Access Partnership: Structures
MS Embassies MS
EU Business
Commission
EU Business
EU Delegations
MA Advisory Committee +
MA Working Groups
Market Access Teams
Brussels Non-EU
countries
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Market Access Partnership: support to SMEs
Why support SMEs:
• 99 % of businesses in EU are SMEs
• SMEs = basis of tomorrow’s prosperity
How do we assist SMEs:
• active cooperation in the MAAC through business associations
• international network for assistance involving EU Delegations in partner countries = SME contact points
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Market Access Partnership : results • Quantification of the impact on EU trade of the
introduction and removal of non-tariff barriers
• Focus on 67 key barriers that have been removed completely of partially between 2008 and 2012
• Results: 2011 - € 1.5 billion
2012 - € 2.2 billion
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Market Access Strategy : success stories
• Chile – import requirements for health products
• Brazil and Thailand- beef exports: BSE ban lifted
• Vietnam – import of cell phones
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Specific service for EU exporters: Market Access Database
(http://madb.europa.eu)
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Other specific services for EU SMEs:
• Trade Defence SME Helpdesk
• IPR Helpdesks
China: www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu
ASEAN: www.asean-iprhelpdesk.eu
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Other specific services for EU SMEs:
• Existing EU business support structures
India - European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC)
China - European Centre for SMEs Thailand - European ASEAN Business Centre
• Future EU business support structures
Indonesia – Malysia – Philippines – Vietnam
foreseen: other ASEAN countries
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Other enforcement activities - fight against protectionism
• Trade and investment barriers report
Focuses on 6 strategic economic partners
• Report on trade restrictive measures
Monitors protectionism in EU's main trading partner countries
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Thank you for your attention
http://madb.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/trade