The WTO says multilateralism has helped keep the food price crisis in check after the war in Ukraine. And the think tank Bruegel chimes in with its own report on how the EU should respond to US green subsidies.
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Agriculture: WTO members to focus on ‘food security’ deal ahead of MC13
There is only one year to go until the next WTO ministerial conference in the United Arab Emirates and the new chair of the agriculture pillar of MC13 has plenty on his hands to work with.
UPDATED: UK, EU agree Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland
Prime minister Rishi Sunak and European commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced an agreement in principle over how the protocol on Northern Ireland included in the EU-UK Withdrawal agreement is to function.
THINK TANK: Responding to the United States’ green tech subsidies
This week’s think tank reports focus on how the EU should respond to the United States race to subsidise clean and green tech in a way that is seen as disadvantaging European industry.
INTERVIEW – Schwab: EU, US should focus on issues of mutual interest
Susan Schwab, chair of the board of directors of the National Foreign Trade Council and former United States Trade Representative, sat down with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer in Washington to discuss US-China and EU US relations.
EFTA and Singapore launch digital economy agreement negotiations
The four countries of the European Free Trade Area are entering the new Singapore-led digital trade agreement bandwagon.
ECT Secretary General to European Parliament: at least adopt reform before leaving
The future of the Energy Charter Treaty is on the line. The institution’s secretary-general couldn’t just stay silent.
Comment: On the cognitive dissonance in EU US trade relations
Cognitive dissonance on trade policy across the Atlantic is nothing new. But it is reaching new levels as United States tensions with China grow. These are some impressions on the state of the transatlantic trade gained during a visit to Washington.
THINK TANK: Creating room for environmental policies in trade policy
Two papers stand out in the European think tank universe, focusing on trade policy and the environment. Bruegel: A call for WTO subsidy rule reforms to cater for green policies In a new policy brief, David Kleimann, now at the leading economic think tank Bruegel, makes the case for better …
THINK TANK: Chinese green tech takes on Europe, friend-shoring perils, APEC
Here’s an overview of some interesting think tank reports on trade policy issues released over the last week.
