News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The World Trade Organization released a panel ruling today related to a dispute brought by Hong Kong authorities against Washington’s decision to mark the origin of products imported from Hong Kong as originating in China. The conclusions are similar to those of a recent report on US Section 232 tariffs …
The Czech EU presidency managed to finalise another trade policy file today: that pertaining to the ongoing revision of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences.
Below, a few key developments in EU trade this week as we await the outcome of a jumbo-trilogue on the EU’s climate package that will decide on the final shape of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
This is a short and pithy Week in London column for you this week as we await details of the ongoing round of FTA negotiations between the United Kingdom and India.
The United States’ trade policy is this week’s focus at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The country’s trade policy review happens in principle every two years. Given recent developments and the United States’ global status, the TPR attracted particularly strong interest from other members of the global trade institution. …
The first EU ASEAN summit, gathering heads of state and government from the ten South East Asian Nations and the twenty seven EU member states plus the head of the Council and the European Commission was mainly a very symbol-laden act that cements recent efforts at greater political rapprochement between …
After a few months of calm at the World Trade Organization, a storm has descended upon the dispute settlement body in Geneva. China requests consultations with US over semiconductor export controls A Chinese official confirmed that the government requested consultations at the dispute settlement body with the United States regarding …
Let’s be prepared for a big week in trade policy in and around Europe.
Panellists in the dispute settlement cases brought by China, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey in an almost coordinated fashion after 2018 could no longer delay the publication of perhaps the politically most salient case in the World Trade Organization’s twenty-seven year history: the United States Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs. …
Chile and the European Union sealed a long-awaited package to upgrade a twenty-year old Association Agreement. The deal is a strategic move for the EU in its quest for greater critical raw materials security. For Chile the announcement of the agreement comes as its political institutions are finalising their ratification …
