Study - Workshop on "Bringing EU-Turkey Trade and Investment Relations Up to Date?" - PE 535.014 - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection - Committee on Fisheries - Committee on Transport and Tourism - Committee on International Trade - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Committee on Foreign Affairs

The case is made paper maintains that the EU-Turkey CU of 1995 covering industrial goods should be modernised and modified to take into account the various and growing criticisms of the original CU. Furthermore, economic integration between the EU and Turkey should be strengthened by signing a complementary deep integration regional trade agreement (RTA) between the EU and Turkey, covering agriculture, SPS measures, services, government procurement, investment, and dispute settlement. For Turkey, the objective would be to achieve comprehensive liberalisation, while for the EU this is an ideal opportunity to harness the economic and political potential of deeper integration with Turkey, in line with its wider trade and investment policy.