After an intense week at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal and the European Commission’s executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis went on to hold further meetings in Brussels today. They then formally kick-started long-announced bilateral trade negotiations – showing little signs of exhaustion in a …
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INTERVIEW: Unambiguous candidate status is essential for Ukraine’s trade
As the European Union prepares to offer Ukraine a membership perspective, Nazar Bobitski talked to Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer about how it can support Ukraine’s country’s blockaded exports, its economic integration with Europe and its post-war economic recovery.
Energy Charter Treaty negotiations enter decisive final stage
The latest round of Energy Charter Treaty modernisation negotiations ended on Tuesday (14 June), after an extension from three days of talks held last week. There is no final agreement yet in sight on some of the most sensitive files.
Week Ahead : MC12 week, Northern Ireland, EU-India, anti-coercion
This is Big Week in global trade policy. By Iana Dreyer.
Week in Brussels: Russia sanctions, foreign subsidies trilogue, FAC Trade, Ukraine tariffs
It’s been a decisive week. EU sanctions regime ventures into new* services export restrictions European Union member states finally agreed on a sixth package of sanctions targeting Russia. The highlight of this package is a partial oil embargo – six-month phase in and piped oil excluded – on imports from …
Anti-coercion: what MEPs want from the new instrument
The legislative saga of the coming anti-coercion instrument has now begun. The regulation was tabled in December last year. The EU’s member states will likely take their time in defining their response to the European Commission’s regulatory proposal for what is termed the ‘ACI’ in the jargon. But the European …
EU puts semiconductors on top of priority list in upgraded dialogue with Taiwan
European Commission officials under the leadership of director for trade Sabine Weyand and Taiwan’s economy minister Mei-Hua Wang held the first of what is expected to become an upgraded annual bilateral dialogue on trade and investment.
INTERVIEW Taiwan’s CC Chen: our firms are rediscovering Europe
Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer spoke to Taiwan’s Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs C.C. Chen during his recent visit to Brussels. The conversation covered Taiwan’s pandemic-era trade strategy, the new global trend towards establishing ‘dialogues’ and ‘partnerships’ in trade – and the EU in all this.
S Iswaran: We seek open and inclusive trade architectures
S Iswaran, Singapore’s Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations spoke to Borderlex’s founder Iana Dreyer about his country’s’ vision for 21st century trade policy and how the European Union fits in all this. The conversation covers digital, tackling supply chain issues and the climate challenge.
EU, US to announce standardisation MoU amidst range of TTC novelties
The European Union and the United States have concluded their joint statement ahead of their second Trade and Technology Council meeting. Officials from Brussels and Washington will converge on Saclay near Paris on Sunday to sign off on a more than 50-page document, which they are due to unveil on …