News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
After a few intense weeks of trade meetings in the UK, Brussels and Geneva, the formal agenda of meetings looks somewhat thinner than in previous weeks. This doesn’t mean critical dossiers are not steering ahead full steam… In Brussels and the UK: The Northern Ireland saga is set to continue …
The Biden administration is genuinely committed to a partnership with the European Union on issues related to the digital economy. But making new ‘trade and tech’ initiatives announced in the wake of the EU-US summit work will require swift movement and a lot of resources. A conversation with Frances Burwell.
The United States and the United Kingdom replicated the terms of a preliminary settlement agreed between Washington and Brussels this week in relation to subsidies to their civil aircraft companies.
The announcement of a new EU-US Trade and Technology Council at the EU-US summit in Brussels this week was generally well received by relevant stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic. But the new transatlantic body is still merely a concept on paper – and little is known about how …
Brussels and Washington might not have completely settled their long-standing dispute over subsidies to their respective civil aircraft giants Boeing and Airbus today. But there is one area where agreement is strong: the view that China’s state-backed plane producer COMAC and similar outfits need to be kept from snatching global …
The European Union and the United States are still putting the finishing touches to their joint communiqué at the time of writing after an intense and productive bilateral summit which aimed to reset the relationship on many fronts after four years of turbulent relationships under the Trump administration. In terms …
The European Union and Canada held an overnight summit, which concluded with agreement to cooperate in a wide range of areas including health, climate change, trade and international security.
The European Union is planning to extend its three-year safeguard into imports of steel for another three years, in a move that is unprecedented in the EU’s trade defence history.
The heads of state of the G7 met three days in Cornwall over the week-end to discuss an array of issues and agree on a coordinated general direction of travel for the their respective policies. The main focus was tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, reviving economic growth and investment, and making …
Whereas the meeting will no doubt be positive, expectations of what the next EU-US summit can actually achieve or even ‘boost’ on the transatlantic trade and tech agendas need some managing.
