News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The EU appears to have innovated in the way it calculates the normal value of a product’s good in its future trade defence investigations. The European Council, the Commission and the European Parliament found common ground during a ‘trilogue meeting’ on Tuesday (3 October 2017) in Strasbourg. The …
At a dispute settlement body meeting on Friday (29 September 2017) at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva, there was no sign of Washington relenting in its drive to block the nomination process of three new Appellate Body members after one mandate lapsed, another is set to expire, and one judge …
Despite bright sunny weather, there is a cloud hanging over the World Trade Organization’s headquarters on the shores of lake Geneva.
The EU is preparing to table a new tariff offer to the South American trading bloc ahead of a new round of negotiations starting on Monday (2 October 2017). Eleven member states are attempting to put a brake on an offer to extend tariff rate quotes on beef, poultry, sugar, …
A European trade prosecutor anyone? France’s president Emmanuel Macron gave a very long speech on Tuesday (26 September 2017). The speech carries the title Initiative pour l’Europe : Une Europe souveraine, unie, démocratique. In English that would be: Initiative for Europe: a sovereign, united and democratic Europe. The speech …
In early September 2017, the European Commission released a draft regulation that provides a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments for national security reasons. These were debated at the European Parliament on Monday (26 September 2017). The EU plans provide for a general framework of exchange of …
Analysts and media will be commenting various aspects of the speech UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave in Florence on Friday (22 September 2017) in an attempt to give a new impetus – or to salvage – the ongoing Article 50 negotiations towards Britain’s exit from the EU. On …
In early September 2017, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his government in response to news of slower economic growth following his team’s drastic clampdown on cash. ‘Demonetization’, as the reform is called to reduce the share of the informal economy in India, has taken a toll on growth levels. …
Trump or no Trump, TTIP or no TTIP: when regulators want to talk, they talk. This is what the ‘covered agreement’ on insurance and reinsurance between the US and EU formally signed today (21 September 2017) reveals. The move comes as formal and informal exchanges between EU and US officials …
As CETA comes into force provisionally on Thursday (21 September 2017), the following countries have ratified the EU Canadian trade agreement, Portugal being the latest one: Portugal (20 September) Czech Republic (13 September 2017) Malta (19 July 2017) Croatia (30 June 2017) Spain (29 June 2017) Denmark (1 June …
