In this week’s think tank column: geopolitics and real patterns of trade, electric vehicle tariffs (yet again), and the future of United Kingdom freeports under Labour.
Author: Maia Wilson
ASIA TRADE: Green trade ACCTS deal done, Taiwan-Thailand
Deals were inked in Asia this week: A sustainability agreement between Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland and Taiwan and Thailand upgraded their investment agreement.
THINK TANK: US China after elections, EU China EVs, WTO digital trade, pre-WWII trade
In this week’s think tank edition: How the US-China trade rivalry could play out after the US elections, a new reminder of the importance of digital trade and reforming the World Trade Organization, and why the European Union’s reasons for imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are strategic. Also, William …
THINK TANK: OECD on industrial subsidies and services, Chinese EV investments
This week’s think tank column has selected two substantive OECD reports: one report sheds light on industrial subsidies and propose ways forward to discipline them, the other highlights the role of services in helping foster green tech resilience. The French think tank CEPII highlighted the role of production location for …
ASIA TRADE: Korea seeks mineral deal, Sri Lanka-Malaysia, Japan-Chile
This week in Asian trade policy: South Korea’s president toured Central Asia and signed deals on critical mineral supply chains. Sri Lanka and Malaysia agreed to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement – and Japan and Chile upgraded cooperation on mineral resources.
THINK TANK: Malmström on EU elections, China, industrial policy, ASEAN, critical minerals
This week’s international think tanks’ focus: the trade implications from the European Union’s elections, reducing EU reliance on Chinese supply chains, the realities of United States’s industrial policy, ASEAN’s digital trade agenda – and streamlining EU action on critical raw materials.
THINK TANK: Chips subsidy wars continued
It’s a quiet week in the international trade policy think tank world. There is one standout piece from the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington that focuses on United States and South Korean industrial policy and semiconductors.
ASIA TRADE: IPEF final contours appear
The US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity is gradually taking shape as its fourteen participants signed a ‘clean economy agreement’, a ‘fair economy agreement’ and an ‘overarching agreement on IPEF’ during a ministerial meeting in Singapore on 6 June. The signatories are Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of …
ASIA TRADE: Korea and UAE make moves
The United Arab Emirates are busy signing framework trade agreements and memoranda of understandings with Asia-Pacific countries. And Korea is doing deals with African countries. Here is our latest weekly update on all things trade policy in the Asia-Pacific.
ASIA TRADE: China-Korea-Japan revive FTA plans, Indonesia CPTPP
This week in Asian trade policy news: South Korea, Japan and China agreed to speed up discussions for a potential trilateral free trade agreement and Indonesia announced its plan to apply for membership to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
