The measures are part of the EU’s response to US tariffs on steel and a means to avert a flooding of the EU market as a result. Further details here.
Author: Iana Dreyer
WTO: EU drums up support for reform, US pushes agriculture discussions
The EU’s proposals to overhaul the World Trade Organization are gaining traction among some if its leading members. The reform momentum, triggered by the Appellate Body member nomination crisis and the United States’ unilaterally imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium, appears to have elicited a US riposte with new proposals …
EU-Japan deal gets warm welcome, despite sense of unfinished business
The EU and Japan signed their long-awaited economic partnership agreement in Tokyo today. The deal was flanked by announcements that both sides had finalised work to recognise each other’s data privacy regimes – also called ‘adequacy decisions’ – to complement the trade agreement. The moves were well received in policy …
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This is probably a knock-on effect of the United States administration’s recent international policies ranging from Iran to climate change and trade: the EU and China managed for the first time in three years to release a joint statement after their summer annual summit. The 13-page document details areas – …
EU signs China up to WTO reform
The EU is stepping up the pace in bringing forward a World Trade Organization reform agenda announced this spring as the crisis over Appellate Body nominations deepens in Geneva and the world entered the turbulent waters of tit-for-tat trade retaliation in the aftermath of the US decision to impose unilateral …
A Week in Brussels: Trump tariff update, investment screening, Mercosur
It’s been one of those weeks again. On trade: a round of talks with Indonesia, discussions on Mercosur, packed meetings in the European Parliament, Brexit and transatlantic issues all over. The EU Japan EPA’s signature ceremony was postponed to next Tuesday in Tokyo. Below other highlights. Juncker meeting with Donald …
Brexit Notes: UK White Paper offers more of the same only in greater detail
All policy people in Europe are looking at the UK’s freshly released White Paper on the future EU-UK relationship released this afternoon in London. The paper was met with caution in Brussels, scepticism in Britain, and rejection by US president Donald Trump. It is basically more of the same – …
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For United States investors, Canada ‘dry’ won’t do for future EU-UK deal
AmChamEU, the association representing US businesses invested in the European Union, is urging Brussels and London to step up their efforts to establish a working future economic relationship after Brexit. The moves comes as Britain prepares to release its long-awaited ‘white paper’ on its future relationship with the bloc. The …
US sees challenge in striking quick trade deal with Britain
Both the United Kingdom and the United States want to start free trade talks as soon as possible once Britain is out of the European Union. But the scope and outcome of any such trade negotiation depends on the future UK-EU relationship, while both British and US business interest for …
