Handelskommissar Phil Hogan will die Möglichkeiten und Hindernisse für die Umsetzung von EU-Freihandelsabkommen auf lokaler und regionaler Ebene zu erörtern. (WK-intern) - European Commission and cities and regions pledge closer cooperation to boost uptake of Free Trade Agreements Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan joined the members of the European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) commission for economic policy (ECON) on 2 March to discuss the opportunities and obstacles of implementing EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on local and regional level. The ECON members also adopted their recommendations on the implementation of FTAs, the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness and the service package. EU trade agreements