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"The purpose of this report is to adapt to the terms of the Treaty of Lisbon 26 regulations relating to the common commercial policy (CCP). It is laid down in the Treaty that trade policy is an exclusive EU competence. Since it came into force, and since the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, the Commission now has sole authority to implement the rules relating to trade policy. Choosing trade partners, what to trade and the objectives that should govern trade represents an important instrument of economic sovereignty. In the case of Portugal, for example, loss of this instrument of sovereignty led to very grave harm to countless sectors of the economy and to the country as a whole. Trade policy has become directed towards maximising the profits of big business in the EU’s major powers, to the clear detriment of countries like Portugal and of the weaker economic sectors, which have found themselves exposed to ruthless, destructive competition. Free trade has been one of the pillars of the CCP, gearing it towards capitalist competition rather than cooperation and mutual benefit. Our profound disagreement with the CCP is therefore a given, which is bound to influence our analysis of this report."@en1
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