EU farming lobby groups expressed frustration at European Commission plans unveiled today to help ease bottlenecks and price shocks in the supply of fertilisers.
Author: Iana Dreyer
Landmark ruling: ECJ slaps down Cambodia rice import safeguard
It took three and a half years for the General Court in Luxembourg to rule that a now-lapsed three-year safeguard on imports of Indica rice from Cambodia and Myanmar was illegal. EU judges in essence said that the European Commission had not defined the allegedly hurt industry appropriately, that it …
Comment: Possible scenarios for the Energy Charter Treaty
The EU’s attempt at renegotiating the 1990s Energy Charter Treaty is in major trouble. After a heated exchange of views between the European Commission and members of the European Parliament in committee on Monday (24 October) it is becoming clear that the risk is high that the draft deal that …
Anti-coercion instrument : EU capitals eye deal within weeks
The European Parliament is ready to enter inter-institutional trilogue negotiations with the Council on the EU’s planned anti-coercion legislation after a vote in committee and a decision in plenary this week. Member states are not quite there yet. But they hope to seal a deal among themselves in November and …
Anti-coercion instrument: MEPs dig in on European Commission powers
The international trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its position on the coming anti-coercion instrument in preparation for future negotiations with member states as it prepares for a likely showdown with EU capitals over the European Commission’s powers in this file.
Colombia files first MPIA appeal in frozen fries case
Colombia appealed a report by panellists in a legal dispute brought by the EU on anti-dumping duties on frozen fries.
EU and Japan to start data flow negotiations
The EU and Japan announced they will start negotiations towards data flow provisions in a revamped digital chapter in their bilateral free trade agreement.
Commission prepares ground for ECT reform deal with intra-EU termination deal
The European Commission is preparing the paperwork to allow the EU to sign off on an agreement in principle on a renegotiated Energy Charter Treaty next month. Among these documents is an internal understanding among member states that investor-state arbitration based on the ECT among EU countries is no longer …
WTO: End of MFN and the fizzling out of international trade justice
A reality check on the World Trade Organization after a week spent in and around Geneva. Warning: it’s a long read.
Interview: EU and Singapore need to upgrade their trade agreement
The European Services Forum’s managing director Pascal Kerneis discussed EU-Singapore trade relations with Iana Dreyer’s Borderlex. So what is at stake with the coming revision of their 2019 free trade agreement and with the planned Digital Partnership Agreement?
