A new era of green and fair economic growth is on the horizon.

The EU-New Zealand Trade Agreement was signed today, paving the way for its approval by the European Parliament and ratification.

Among others, it will:

🔵 Eliminate tariffs
🔵 Open the market for services
🔵 Improve access to procurement
🔵 Facilitates flows

It will save businesses €140 million a year and increase EU investment in New Zealand by 80%.

This deal will bring us even closer together.

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Caesar

@EU_Commission where does the "green" bit come into it?

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Carsten™

@EU_Commission

"This #trade deal will bring us even closer together."

So close that kiwis will soon be considered climate-neutral, regional products, I guess.

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Mario Torre

@EU_Commission It should also facilitate migration across the two, not just services and data. This should be a goal for any “trade” agreement. Btw, for anyone wondering, this is the gist of the agreement: policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news

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Dr. Jürgen Knödlseder

@EU_Commission Green growth is a hoax. It’s just growth that will continue to destroy the habitability of our planet, #Europe included.

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Bjorn Toft Madsen

@EU_Commission that’s the closest the Union Jack will ever get to free trade with the EU again.

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northsummer

@EU_Commission

wlavallee.substack.com/p/usuk-

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RobbieC

@EU_Commission Europe will dine on NZ lamb rather than British Lamb.

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Max Ernst

@EU_Commission @lightweight what are your hot takes on this?

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Julien Lanoo

@EU_Commission
You are aware, right, New Zeeland is on the other side of the globe ? .

As much as you are probably right on economic benefits - it can't be green ;).
Ya need ships, ya need airtravel/transport.. to get it efficient an viable..

It is an "island" !!! - check in an Atlas, there is clearly lots of water around it, and it is clearly far away...

Don't just stick "Green" on anything ya say, it devaluation the projects that are realy.

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Jeroen Habets

@EU_Commission good on ya. Interested to see a comparison with any UK-NZ deal following #Brexit

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