Here a selection of think tank pieces on the current state of international trade policy…
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EU, US to continue steel carbon accounting negotiations despite GSA stalling
The fifth EU US Trade and Technology Council meeting held on Tuesday in the United States has turned out as planned: as a staging post for another meeting to be held in April in Brussels. But not only.
European Commission aims to make FDI screening mandatory
The European Commission has released a long-anticipated package aiming at enhancing what it terms its “economic security”.
THINK TANK: Trump, EU US MRA, energy security first, MSMEs
Trump, the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council, energy security… and MSMEs. Here some highlights of what think tanks have written about in recent days.
Comment: The new face of EU trade defence policy
As the current European Commission finishes its term in the coming months, a range of pending decisions in this will tell us what the new face of EU trade defence policy really is.
THINK TANK: UK MPIA, US trade reciprocity, WTO customs moratorium
In focus with think tanks this week: the World Trade Organization and US trade policy.
THINK TANK: WTO, IPEF
The WTO is in focus in this first week of work after the Christmas break as the countdown to MC13 begins. And so is the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with the US elections around the corner.
Week in Brussels: US and China unease to start the year.
Happy New Year dear readers! Brussels has been very quiet this week, but activity is bound to pick up on Monday (8 January). Whoever from Brussels is still on on holiday will return to some uneasy realities that will need to be handled in the coming months as the EU …
THINK TANK: Select committee report, digital trade
Washington based CATO Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies have been busy breaking down a newly released select committee report on Sino-American economic relations while the WTO’s chief economist Ralph Ossa was focused on digital trade.
New EU China biodiesel trade defence case
The European Commission launched its tenth initial trade defence investigation for 2023, of which eight target China and one is an anti-subsidy investigation. This doubles the number of new cases compared to 2022. And it will allow the commission to surgically target biodiesel imports from China.
