The European Council on Foreign Relations has been very active in recent days.
EU agreement implementation
Week in London: Chile deal upgrade, medical duty suspensions, fish war script in TCA
Hello, this is Iana Dreyer, stepping in for Chris Horseman this week. This was another familiar week in the politics of EU-UK post-Brexit trade relations, with Northern Ireland and access to fishing waters along the Channel Islands dominating the news. We shall come back to Northern Ireland. In the meantime, …
EU UK trade agreement provisional application extended
The United Kingdom has acquiesced to the European Union’s request to extend provisional application of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement until 30 April 2021. London continues to refuse to formally establish the EU-UK Partnership Council foreseen in the agreement as long as the deal is not ratified by the …
Week in Brussels: Ground preparations
This has been a very odd week, strangely busy with little actually happening in terms of decisions. The EU is preparing the ground for many further developments. Some more on this below.
EP spells out terms for EU-UK TCA approval, accelerates scrutiny process
The European Parliament is preparing to ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement before the end of the month. The foreign affairs and international trade committees, who run the scrutiny process are accelerating the pace and have already secured input from all relevant committees. This input indicates the European Parliament …
The EU’s 2021 trade plans – beyond the EU-UK and EU-US horror picture show
Africa, Latin America, India, procurement: what the EU is planning to do in its international trade diplomacy in this area.
