Ref. Ares(2015)4613590 - 27/10/2015
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate E - Neighbouring countries, USA and Canada
USA and Canada
Brussels,
USA and Canada
Meeting Report
Meeting VDMA on 25.02.2015
VDMA: Dr. R. Festge (President),
,
,
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Trade: J-L Demarty,
,
Main issues discussed were FTAs (TTIP, CETA, Latin America). The other issues that
VDMA asked to discuss in preparation of the meeting (Post-Bali, market access
problems in Korea) were not raised by VDMA.
The main interests of VDMA in TTIP are 100% duty elimination at EIF, RoO and
TBTs/NTBs in the field of mechanical engineering. VDMA stated that they will try to
continue working on providing more common positions across the Atlantic, in particular
in their VDMA-WGs (around 6-8 out of 37), which have an equivalent Committee
structure in US.
VDMA stressed to fully support TTIP and CETA, in particular to defend these FTAs
offensively in discussions with NGOs and trade unions in DE. In this respect JLD
provided explanations on the core issues currently discussed politically in DE (also with
regard to discussions in SPD/Gabriel). He stressed that also MS and industry need to well
communicate the benefits of TTIP and CETA in public. He explained in detail the
ratification processes, both for TTIP and CETA, and gave an overview of our trade
relations in Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Columbia/Peru, Mercosur). A negative
outcome on TTIP would certainly have implications on practically all our bilateral
negotiations.
Regarding RoO for chapters 84, 85, JLD clarified that conclusions should not be drawn
from CETA for TTIP.
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