News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
The United States are currently threatening new tariffs on neighbours and allies left, right, front and centre. It’s clearly election campaign season for an embattled US president Donald Trump. Signs are European Union efforts to find some form of ‘settlement’ with the US on aircraft subsidies have been in vain, …
Turkey is one of a few elephants in the room nobody dares mentioning when it comes to the UK’s trading relationships post Brexit. On leaving the EU’s customs union at the end of this year, Britain will also leave the EU’s customs union with Turkey, a major emerging market at …
There is continued movement around the issue of restrictions on exports of medical products in the World Trade Organization. LDCs call on WTO members not to restrict medical, food exports Benin, on behalf of the group of Least Developed Countries in the World Trade Organization, requested that other members of …
It’s a bit of a thankless task to have to unpluck 441 pages of a leaked draft EU treaty during a corona virus outbreak and amidst many other urgent trade matters that need covering. But here some initial thoughts on the ‘trade agreement’ aspect of the deal after a first …
Britain will prioritise improving market access for its business services, financial services, transport and digital sectors in planned free trade agreement talks with the United States. This is a key message in negotiating objectives released today following a consultation process with stakeholders run by the Department for International Trade last …
Member states of the European Union formally endorsed a mandate for the Commission to start treaty negotiations with the United Kingdom to seal their long-term post-Brexit relationship. These will start as soon as next week. The United States is eager to start its own talks with Britain as soon as …
The European Union’s largest business umbrella group released its position paper on the coming negotiations with the United Kingdom on their future economic relationship this week. The move comes only days after the European Commission released a draft mandate for member states to sign off ahead of formal negotiations due …
The European Commission released the draft negotiating mandate it is seeking from EU member states today for talks with the United Kindom. The move was an opening shot to a high-stakes and high-risk negotiation towards a new relationship with Great Britain, which left the EU last Friday. The actual negotiating …
The international trade committee of the European Parliament has so far had a minor role in setting the European Union’s priorities in the Brexit process. This is set to change as Brussels and London prepare to start trade negotiations after 31 January 2020 and the relationship is heading towards one …
Member states have not yet converged in their views on what exactly they will want from the new relationship with the United Kingdom, an issue discussed at the European Council today in Brussels. The meeting was held on the day after general elections that produced a solid majority for the …
