Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
In a public hearing on 27 June 2023, Members of the European Parliament will discuss key elements of the FTA with experts, stakeholders and decision-makers.
On 25 May 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade will hold a hearing on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that has been in force since 1 May 2021.
On 26 April from 15.00 to 17.00h, the International Trade Committee will hold a public hearing on "Reinforcing EU-Latin America Trade Relations".
On 2 March 2023, the Committee on International Trade will hold a hearing on Building Resilient, Sustainable and Competitive Supply Chains in Critical Raw Materials.
Most clothes and apparel that we wear every day are imported to the European Union. The conditions under which they are produced in third countries often remain opaque for the European consumer. Not least the tragic collapse of the Rana Planza building in 2013 where more than 1100 textile workers were killed, triggered rising awareness among policy makers and consumers about the global value chain of the textile and garment industry.
On 8 November 2022, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade will hold a hearing on Foreign policy and trade aspects of the EU's strategic autonomy.
There are 27,6 million people in forced labour globally with more than 3.3 million of those in forced labour being children. Experts as well as labour and business representatives will discuss the role of trade in fighting forced labour in global supply chains.
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.
