The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization has found Russia’s antidumping duties imposed on light commercial vehicles from Germany and Italy to violate the Antidumping Agreement of the WTO and Article VI of the GATS. In 2013, Russia imposed duties of 29.6 percent on German van imports …
Author: Iana Dreyer
Belarus wants to become WTO member in 2017
Belarus might perhaps not quite be “the last dictatorship in Europe”. But it is definitely the last country in Europe that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. The former Soviet country and member of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union has recently been reforming its economy, which has been …
Extension of China solar duties faces setback in antidumping committee
The Commission faced a setback today when it tabled a proposal to extend for another two years antiduming duties and a price undertaking on solar panels from China. The measures, introduced in 2013, divided member states and the solar industry, and increased political tensions with Beijing. After an expiry review …
Lamy: ‘Trumponomics’ won’t contaminate Europe
By Catherine Stupp. This article was originally published by Euractiv.com – one of Borderlex’s editorial partners.
EU to extend trade defence measures against Chinese solar cells for two years
The EU is expected to renew antidumping measures and a ‘price undertaking’ in place since 2013 on solar panel cells from China on Thursday (26 January 2017). The move comes after a one-year expiry review of measures that had provoked significant frictions with China and divided the renewables industry in …
EXCLUSIVE – Beyond the Wallonian veto: sixty academics out to defend European democracy in trade
After the near-death experience of CETA, the controversial trade agreement with Canada that was almost toppled by the regional Belgian government of Wallonia, a group of academics has come out to defend the European democratic decision making process in trade policy. “The other side of the academic argument needed to be made”. That’s …
Armenia and Moldova in EU pact realignments
This article was written in collaboration with Carmen Valache from our editorial partner, the Wider Europe specialist BNE Intellinews After calling off its deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) with the EU in 2013 in order to join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Armenia is now pursuing a revamped …
In brief: US and EU agree on pharma deal – WTO TRIPs waiver for pharmaceuticals comes into force
The EU and US have finalised an agreement among regulators today that mutually recognises each party’s ‘good manufacturing practices’ for pharmaceuticals. Pharma was also source of news from Geneva today. The EU-US agreement, initially part of the regulatory package of the now dormant Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement is an update to a …
In brief: EP trade committee extends mandate of leaders in mid-term elections
The European Parliament’s trade committee has not renewed its leadership in a middle-of-term election that follows on the change operated at the very top of the EU’s legislative body mid January in the aftermath of the election of the Italian Antonio Tajani (EPP) to the post of president. Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) was reconfirmed as …
Low-key WTO ministerial held in Davos in anxiety over “trade wars”
This year’s annual informal Swiss-hosted WTO ministerial meeting in Davos, held the very same day of the inauguration of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States (20 January 2017), was fairly low key. Attendees, which did not include the United States Trade Representative, mainly rejoiced at the prospect of seeing the Trade …
