News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
This week’s top stories: Britain and services in the WTO, a big bazooka in the WTO’s dispute settlement body, a Japan deal at risk of falling victim to German and other social-democratic political decline, member states wrangling over rice imports from Myanmar and Cambodia. But also these stories here: Top …
The contours of the future European Union – United Kingdom relationship are sharpening up. That is what the latest version of the political declaration that will accompany Britain’s withdrawal agreement from the EU reveals. There is little that is surprising in the content of the text, which a few days …
There are four main items to watch this week in EU trade: Brexit, Section 232 at the WTO, INTA, and EU Australia FTA negotiations. Full English Brexit The real Brexit week will not be the last week of March 2019. If all goes according to plan, real Brexit week is …
The services sector accounts for 80% of the UK’s economy. Services industries are Britain’s export success story, and the EU’s single market is the most important outlet for them. Yet services providers could very well get the short end of the stick in the future trade agreement between Britain and …
The White House is circulating a Section 232 report by the Department of Commerce on the national security implications of auto imports ordered by US President Donald Trump last summer for feedback among various US government departments. The move comes days after US midterm elections and following a trip over …
Glenn Vaughan, chief executive of British Chambers of Commerce EU & Belgium, talks about future European Union-United Kingdom trade relationships with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer. ‘No deal’ cannot be allowed to happen, he says, and Britain will be stronger on the international stage the more it stays aligned with the EU. …
The United Kingdom recently finalised consultations with stakeholders on a bilateral free trade agreement negotiation it intends to launch on leaving the European Union next March. Some business groups are starting to reveal what input they provided to the Department for International Trade. One such report was released by techUK, …
A comparatively ‘quiet’ week in Brussels on trade. The week was eventful on the WTO and multilateral trade front, with Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs, Canada’s mini WTO reform summit, and the UK’s WTO tariff schedule dominating the headlines. Ottawa WTO meeting sets ball rolling on reform As expected, …
The United Kingdom failed in its goal to have its separate non-EU tariff schedule certified without objections by fellow World Trade Organization members as a deadline to do so passed today. Now London is preparing to formally renegotiate. “As expected, some trading partners have expressed reservations about our proposed treatment …
The week is far from over at the time of writing, but it’s still time to send out our regular Friday “Week in Brussels” column, as there is plenty of material already. The EU quarter of Brussels has been in total lockdown for several days as heads of government from …
