The alternative appeals mechanism set up by 25 World Trade Organization members is set to hear a second case brought by two mighty countries: Japan and China.
Author: Iana Dreyer
G7 trade ministers focus on coercion, export controls
Japan hosted an online trade ministers meeting of the Group of Seven countries on Tuesday. The joint communiqué reaffirms the world’s rich-country group’s common positions on a range of trade policy issues, not least their common goals in the World Trade Organization and ahead of its next ministerial conference in …
WTO dispute settlement body formally starts reform conversation
Reform has emerged, like a submarine, to the surface of the World Trade Organization’s turbulent waters as the issue was formally discussed for the first time at today’s monthly meeting of the dispute settlement body.
EU, Kenya in final push to implement EPA trade deal bilaterally
The European Union and Kenya are edging closer towards putting an end to a long saga around a region-to-region trade agreement with the East African Community and have a deal just amongst themselves.
Lange: anti-coercion instrument brings institutional innovations, ties member states
That the anti-coercion instrument stretched the limits of the EU’s institutional setup was clear from the moment the regulation was tabled by the European Commission in December 2021. What the three institutions negotiated during the ‘trilogue’ phase of legislation does even more so. They know it and have tried to …
EU capitals to decide on coercion in inter-institutional deal over new retaliatory instrument
The European Parliament made a major concession to the Council to be able to ensure the EU ‘s anti-coercion legislation sees the light: it leaves member states to determine whether they want to start a potential trade war with a third country if the bloc or a member country is …
Blog: A US ambassador on the challenges of making EU US trade relations work
AmChamEU’s annual transatlantic conference is one of the go-to meetings for the transatlantic trade policy and business community in Brussels. This year’s event displayed yet again how challenging it is to keep the EU-US economic and trade conversation on a smooth track.
Blog: Is the Net Zero Industry Act protectionist?
There have been concerns that the regulation draft the European Union released today in response to the United States might contain discriminatory and WTO-incompatible provisions. At first sight, the Net Zero Industry Act does not appear to do so. However, the way the regulation’s provisions on ‘access to markets’ are …
EU eyes critical raw material duty suspensions as part of new strategy
The European Commission released today a long-announced critical raw materials communication and a flanking Critical Raw Materials Act. The document spells out how the EU is planning to reduce its vulnerability to disruptions to critical raw materials supplies as demand for these products is inexorably rising as it rolls out …
THINK TANK: Solar, China and embedded carbon; Korea-ASEAN, trade facilitation and fish
One of the most interesting publications of trade policy think tanks and research institutions this week is by the Hinrich Foundation and delves into the global solar panel supply chain. The OECD has updated its trade facilitation database and the International Institute for Sustainable Development has released a detailed explainer …
