Stelios Kolouglou (GUE/NGL) has staged an offensive against the EU Southern African Development Community EPA signed early June in Botswana. In amendments to a motion for a resolution currently under preparation by the Parliament’s trade committee, Mr Kolouglou, along with the Italian MEP Eleonora Forenza, have decided to “decline …
Author: Iana Dreyer
In brief – EP: Trade committee supports energy chapters in FTAs to boost LNG imports
French National Assembly drops ‘Nutella tax’ plans
After the measure was voted down France’s upper house, the Sénat, this spring, France’s plans to introduce a tax on imported palm oil as part of a new biodiversity law, were dropped altogether today by the Assemblée nationale, France’s lower house, where the law is on track to be finalised. …
National security related restrictions to FDI on rise – New UNCTAD report
The freshly released flagship annual UNCTAD World Investment Report highlights that national security motivations to restrict investments are on the rise globally, not least also in Europe. “In recent years, national security-related concerns have gained more prominence in the investment policies of numerous countries”, the report stresses. “Different approaches …
Commission and EEAS launch new China strategy – emphasis on trade, investment and One China policy
Is Federica Mogherini taking the lead on China policy in the EU’s executive? There are signs this is so. The EEAS and the Commission have issued a joint communication on “Elements for a new EU strategy on China”. China was largely absent from the Commission’s November 2015 Trade For All …
Brexit: EU and UK enter era of “massive unknowns”
The outcome of United Kingdom’s referendum on its membership in the EU throws up many questions on the future of the country’s trade relationships with the EU and the wider world, and puts TTIP at risk, experts say.
Comment – EU trade politics: the ‘Bremain’ purgatory – the Brexit hell
Britain is voting on whether to leave or stay in the EU. A decision by the UK to remain is likely to prolong the current state of generalised gridlock in EU trade politics. Yet at least we will have ‘the mess we know’: a state akin to being in a purgatory. Brexit …
EU trade politics: the ‘Bremain’ purgatory – the Brexit hell
Britain is voting on whether to leave or stay in the EU. A decision by the UK to remain is likely to prolong the current state of generalised gridlock in EU trade politics. Yet at least we will have ‘the mess we know’: a state akin to being in a purgatory. Brexit …
Protectionism reports: India, Brazil, Russia, and trade defence in focus
New EU Commission and a WTO/OECD reports highlight latest protectionist trends in G20.
In Brief: Privacy Shield scrutinised by member states
The Commission has been renegotiating some aspects of the Privacy Shield concluded in April. This is the deal that replaces the defunct Safe Harbor that allows US business to transfer personal data from the EU to the US. The Commission went back to Washington, after initial criticisms of the Privacy …
