The current European and global debate over whether WTO members should treat China as a market economy in their domestic trade defence laws is also a battle over the future business model of a crisis stricken steel industry, and over the integrity of the global trading system. The unfolding saga, viewed …
Author: Iana Dreyer
EU trade policy: Pascal Lamy hopes for Commission firmness
In an exclusive interview with Borderlex, the former WTO director general, who has also served as European Union trade commissioner and as chef de cabinet of Jacques Delors, architect of the EU’s single market, shared some of his views on the current politics of trade in Brussels. One of his …
EU’s globalised textile industry wary of “labyrinth” of trade rules in bloc’s bilateral free trade deals
Europe’s textile industry gave a luke-warm assessment of the EU’s current trade strategy centered on negotiating preferential bilateral free trade agreements (FTA). At a recent gathering in Brussels, industry representatives welcomed ongoing efforts by the EU to open markets abroad. But the cost of complying with new FTA’s rules is seen as …
