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Editor's Take, Internal EU politics, Latest news, United States
Editor’s take: Will the EU withstand the brewing transatlantic storm?
4 months ago 0 commentsThe European Union doesn’t have the right institutions to deal with the crises it has been facing ever since the 2008 financial crisis. Whether it can withstand the next big storm coming with Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office remains to be seen. Consistent rule-enforcement and intelligent deal …
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Anti-coercion instrument, Commentary - all, Economic security, Latest news
Blog: The phony trade war as seen from Brussels
5 months ago 0 commentsOne can say we find ourselves in a “phony trade war”. While everyone waits for the action to start on the transatlantic trade beat since Donald Trump won the race to the White House for a second time last week, here’s some impressions I’ve been gathering of what people think …
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E-commerce & services, Editor's Take, EU digital, Latest news, UK Digital
Editor’s Take: The truth about digital trade agreements
6 months ago 0 commentsUS Senator Chris Murphy published a piece in the Financial Times today arguing that the US must continue on its path of retreating from the recently concluded e-commerce agreement at the World Trade Organization, which Washington stopped supporting. This is a good moment to set the record straight on this …
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Asia Pacific trade, Commentary - all, Indonesia, Latest news
OPINION: Rebuild momentum now for EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
7 months ago 0 commentsSoon, both Indonesia and the European Union will find themselves under new and renewed administrations. This is a good moment to revive the momentum for ongoing bilateral trade agreement negotiations.
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Editor's Take, Latest news
Editor’s Take: Von der Leyen 2.0’s economic security conundrum
7 months ago 0 commentsA Green Deal turned industrial policy in the name of security. A ‘geopolitical Commission’ entrenched. The centre-right in the driving seat but the far right in the passenger seat. These are the three trends one can see emerging from the yet-to-be confirmed new European Commission team under a second Ursula …
CBAM
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THINK TANK: Border carbon measures, digital trade, interdependencies
31/08/2023In this week’s think tank column: carbon border adjustment, digital services trade and ‘strategic [...] -
In brief: CBAM vote in plenary postponed
08/06/2022The attempt at building compromise positions between the environment committee and other political groups last week ahead of [...] -
MEP Karin Karlsbro tables earlier CBAM kick-off
29/11/2021The European Parliament is bracing for a battle over the date of coming into force of the EU’s carbon border adjustment [...]
- IISD: Canada, EU should seek negotiated agreement on border carbon adjustment
- EU Turkey customs union upgrade conversation begins amidst CBAM concerns
- EU, Japan to boost joint digital, climate, WTO and supply chain resilience work
EU deforestation regulation
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EUDR: Scrap the risk assessment benchmarking system, say developing countries
30/10/2024Seventeen ‘Global South’ countries are calling on the EU to scrap its plans to establish a three-tiered deforestation risk [...] -
Week in Brussels: Deforestation regulation outcry, steel safeguard revision, Petriccione loss
26/08/2022It’s still very quiet in Brussels but trade policy has started stirring ahead of a packed rentrée next [...]
EU Latin America
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Week in Brussels: GSP scheme extension, Chile, ESA, Chinese beer kegs
07/07/2023This week it became clear that the European Commission is trying to wrap up a range of trade policy files before the EU [...] -
Long Read: Chile’s lost trade policy consensus
21/04/2023A country known for being a poster child of free market economics and open trade is questioning its model amidst social disquiet [...] -
Week in Brussels: Swedish EU presidency, India FTA, Singapore digital deal, Chile FTA text, Russia sanctions
16/12/2022Below, a few key developments in EU trade this week as we await the outcome of a jumbo-trilogue on the EU’s climate package [...]
- EU, Chile seal trade deal upgrade
- Week in Brussels: Spain trade ambitions, civil society in SADC EPA, EU Switzerland
- Blog: What to expect from tomorrow’s EU trade minister meeting