International Trade weekly highlights—23 June 2022

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This week's edition of International Trade weekly highlights includes WTO member states adopting the ‘Geneva Package’ at the end of MC12, the European Parliament Research service publishing a briefing on the progress of the proposed anti-coercion instrument and the proposed distortive foreign subsidies regulation, the European Commission adopting a proposal to mobilise €600m to aid ACP countries and unveiling new tools in trade agreements to promote green and just growth. The highlights further include the Council of the EU adopting a partnership agreement with New Zealand and approving conclusions on a strategic partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council, the UK government publishing the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee publishing a report on UK–Australia FTA, the European Affairs Committee publishing a letter on the government’s response to the trade in goods report and the UK holding a Joint Economic and Trade Committee meeting with Thailand for the first time.