News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld earlier rulings that found bilateral agreements on agriculture and fisheries with Morocco concluded more than a decade ago are illegal due to their unwarranted coverage of Western Saharan products. A parallel Grand Chamber ruling told France not to unilaterally ban imports …
Trade policy folks watching enforcement of European Union trade policy now need to pay close attention to the activities of European Prosecutor’s Office. The EU’s supranational anti-corruption and fraud office established in 2021 to clamp down on fraud affecting EU funds has, over the last two weeks, issued hefty fines …
European Commission director for trade defence Martin Lukas said his institution was ready to clinch a price deal with Chinese companies on their exports of electric cars even after definitive EU duties are enacted.
It’s trade defence stock-take week in Brussels. The European Commission released its annual report on its trade defence policy covering its activities in the year 2023. On the same day, the commission announced it will now systematically request that imports are registered the moment it initiates an investigation. But AEGIS …
France has a new government. The care-taker team that stayed on after France’s July parliamentary elections handed over the keys to their successors on Sunday. The new government includes many familiar faces and is perfectly compatible with the current politics in Brussels.
A Green Deal turned industrial policy in the name of security. A ‘geopolitical Commission’ entrenched. The centre-right in the driving seat but the far right in the passenger seat. These are the three trends one can see emerging from the yet-to-be confirmed new European Commission team under a second Ursula …
The secretariat of the World Trade Organization unveiled the 30-year-institution’s first-ever strategy, which aims to give direction to its activities amidst growing concerns about the future and finances of the institution.
‘Reshoring’, ‘friendshoring’ , ‘de-risking’, ‘nearshoring’, however you call it, is now becoming a measurable reality on the ground.
The European Union is readying to offer more flexible rules of origin to Palestinian exports.
The recently concluded negotiations on an agreement on digital trade rules by more than 80 members of the World Trade Organization have received hardly any notice in international business media. Some in the know believe the text is significant and needs to be adopted, despite its many shortcomings and the …
