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December 2013: Hankering to be European? Just pay up! Banking union; difficult to believe it but we are almost there! Lucky Latvia joins the € zone. TTIP negotiations and now preparations. Scroll down, grab your essential EU Insider news…

The European Union is bringing research and innovation to the forefront with the dawn of Horizon 2020, an €80bn programme created to place new emphasis on the EU’s knowledge-based sectors.

It's that time of year once again, yes, we're talking about MEDICA 2013, the world's leading trade fair for medicine and medical technology.

Catch up with our EU Insider New Review each month. IBT Partners brings you that essential EU overview and links to much, much more!

As the State of Pennsylvania’s Authorised Trade Representative (ATR) for France, IBT Partners attended the ‘Pennsylvania International Week 2013’ (PIW2013), to meet with companies there and discuss their European development.

So your summer has zipped by and we hope you had a good one. Perhaps you were in Europe? Let us know...

Now, welcome back to the coalface, as we bring you even more EU Insider info. Be assured that IBT Partners has been on the European Financial, Business and Economic Information case for you this Summer 2013.

Lurking beneath the triumphant march toward the TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the USA), formal negotiations for which began on 7th July, lies the somewhat less celebrated attempt at a trade agreement between the EU and Canada.

International trade shows play a critical role for companies looking to break into new markets and expand exports. While the costs can be higher than domestic shows, they can bring significant returns and help reduce lead times for new market entry or market expansion. In a survey of 500 companies, 83% classed trade shows as the 2^nd most important “tool” in the marketing mix after the corporate website’s home page.