The European Parliament’s international trade committee wants the European Commission to up its game in its trade cooperation efforts with Taiwan.
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In-depth: EU FDI screening gets more traction
The European Commission reports that there is noticeable progress among EU member states in adopting or strengthening their inward FDI screening mechanisms since Russia attacked Ukraine in March 2022. The commission is expected to obtain greater support for its plan to strengthen the existing EU-wide investment screening mechanism from at …
Comment: For gender-balanced trade, elect more women into parliaments
The upcoming European Parliament elections and general elections across Europe are an opportunity for women to elect more female representatives in the pursuit of gender-balanced trade policies.
INTERVIEW – Wolff: I am in the just-do-it school
Borderlex sat down with Alan Wolff to discuss his new book Revitalizing the World Trading System.
Energy Charter Treaty: still no majority for coordinated EU treaty departure
The European Commission reiterated calls on EU member states to back its bid to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty.
EU initiates countdown to Chinese electric vehicle anti-subsidy duties
The countdown to likely countervailing duties on imports of electric vehicles from China has officially begun. The anti-subsidy investigation into imports of cars announced mid-September by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was published this morning in the European Union’s statute book.
Commission rolls out soft method to secure critical technologies
The European Commission is asking member states to “conduct collective risk assessments” in the areas of advanced semiconductor technologies, artificial intelligence, quantum and biotechnologies by the end of 2023. The recommendation, which, as its name indicates is not a piece of hard law, is the first attempt at rolling out …
THINK TANK: Ukrainian grain, onshoring, UK’s Rishi Sunak
International think tanks covered a vast range of topics this week; Bruegel comments on the Ukrainian grain import spat, the Washington based CATO Institute makes a case for free trade and the Center for Inclusive Trade Policy’s Alan Winters questions Sunak on Brexit and UK trade.
WTO: Ukraine circulates legal arguments against Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
Ukraine has circulated its request for consultations with EU member states Hungary, Poland and Slovakia with the dispute settlement body in Geneva in relation to these countries’ unilateral import bans.
COMMENT – Unilateral import bans on Ukrainian goods: von der Leyen needs to take a stand
Shameful. And dangerous. And this is not about a few tonnes of wheat. This is dangerous for the European Union as a polity. This is dangerous for its standing as a global trading power.
