Auditions
Une commission peut organiser une audition d''experts lorsqu''elle estime que celle-ci est indispensable pour ses travaux sur une question déterminée. Les auditions peuvent aussi être conduites conjointement par deux commissions ou plus. La plupart des commissions organisent régulièrement des auditions, qui leur permettent de connaître les points de vue d''experts et de débattre sur de grands enjeux. Vous trouverez sur la présente page tous les renseignements utiles sur les auditions organisées par les commissions, notamment les programmes et les interventions des orateurs.
Europe and the Indo-Pacific region together represent over 70 % of global trade in goods and services and over 60 % of foreign direct investment (FDI) with their annual trade reaching EUR 1.5 trillion in 2019. The EU is the biggest investor in the area, which includes four (China, Japan, South Korea and India) out of the EU’s top 10 global trading partners. The EU currently has four bilateral trade agreements in place in the region (with Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam).
In the public hearing "Trade-related aspects of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland" INTA committee will hear views from stakeholders coming from Northern Ireland and the EU on the specific trade challenges experienced so far in the implementation of the Protocol.
Jointly with the Committee on International Trade, the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a public hearing on human rights and trade nexus in the context of non-self-governing and occupied territories, on Wednesday 16 March. The debate will assess the implementation of international human rights law in non-self-governing and occupied territories, including how trade policy can support the promotion of human rights considering the specific situation of these territories.
What is economic coercion and what can the EU do about the increasing weaponisation of international trade? In an attempt to reply to these very urgent and delicate questions, INTA Members heard EU stakeholders' views and debated with an outstanding panel of EU, US and Asian experts and then with DG Trade's Director General, Sabine Weyand, about the main features of the upcoming EU's anti-coercion instrument.
The Committee on International Trade will hold a public hearing on EU-Africa trade and investment relations on 24 January 2022.
The Committees on Development and the Committee on International Trade held a joint hearing on 30 November 2021 to discuss the ways to tackle child labour in developing countries.
On 9 November, INTA will hold its annual 'Trade Policy Day', this year with the title "EU Trade Policy in a changing world".
The hearing will take stock of EU investment policy twelve years after becoming an exclusive EU competence with the Lisbon Treaty. It will kick off with a keynote speech delivered by DG Trade’s Deputy Director General, María Martín-Prat. Subsequently, two panels will look at different aspects of the subject.
The EU and the US share values and objectives but what are the concrete actions they can take jointly or in coordination to ensure that they are reflected in the global trade order? The EU Ambassador in Washington will set the scene for two panel discussions on US trade policy with eminent experts focusing respectively on global fair trade and enforcement of international labour commitments.
A distinguished panel of speakers will debate the main challenges for the future reform of the EU Generalised System of Preferences, at the INTA public hearing on 14 April March 2021 from 13:45 to 15:45. Mrs Isabelle DURANT, Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Mr Radboud REIJN, GSP Platform Coordinator, Mrs Stéphanie LUONG, Vice President for Public Affairs, Amfori / Trade with Purpose, and
A distinguished panel of speakers will debate the impact of the pandemic on international trade at the INTA public hearing on 17 March 2021 from 16:45 to 18:45.