News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
The European Commission published this afternoon the definitive regulation enacting much-awaited electric vehicle countervailing duties after an investigation launched in October last year into subsidisation of the sector by the Chinese authorities. The duties will come into force as soon as tomorrow (30 October).
US Senator Chris Murphy published a piece in the Financial Times today arguing that the US must continue on its path of retreating from the recently concluded e-commerce agreement at the World Trade Organization, which Washington stopped supporting. This is a good moment to set the record straight on this …
A judgment by the European Court of Justice spelled out preliminary views on the effects of the EU’s International Procurement Instrument on the treatment of non-EU companies involved in public bidding contracts.
In less than two weeks the commissioners in-waiting nominated by president Ursula von der Leyen will start being heard by members of the European Parliament in view of their confirmation votes next month. Based on the various statements sent to committees ahead of the hearings, there is one major change …
The European Commission released its annual report on foreign direct investment into the EU. It also used the opportunity to release new information on developments in the FDI screening area. FDI into the EU has been on a downward path in 2023, partly reflecting global trends, but probably also reflecting …
The pledge the Gulf Cooperation Council and the EU made at the first bilateral summit to work towards an FTA is not insignificant. Getting there, remains, however, a long shot.
Better late than never, some might think. The European Commission released long-promised guidelines to stakeholders and governments on how to apply provisions on cyber-surveillance products introduced into its dual use export controls Regulation, three years after the latter’s coming into force.
The European Commission is working on an increasing workload of trade defence cases, is eyeing the end of its 2018 steel safeguard and plans to continue to focus on circumvention of anti-dumping or countervailing duties.
The European Commission recently released minutes of bilateral meetings held under the EU Vietnam free trade agreement and the EU Singapore free trade agreements last July. The delayed publication is due to the fact that minutes needed to be agreed by both parties. Here is what these minutes reveal.
Negotiations towards the European Union and India are progressing slowly but steadily at technical level.
