The new edition of the German Marshall Fund’s annual Transatlantic Trends makes for sobering reading for those with an interest in globalisation, trade, technology and geopolitics, comments IanaDreyer.
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EU, Japan to boost joint digital, climate, WTO and supply chain resilience work
The European Union and Japan held a bilateral summit on Thursday (27 May 2021), which ostensibly aimed to give new impetus to an already rich and diverse economic and political relationship.
CH rejection of proposed EU framework agreement cost it its medical device accreditations
The European Union’s quest to upgrade its bilateral relationship with Switzerland to an all-encompassing deal with a common dispute settlement framework has failed.
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In this last week of May the focus will be on TRIPS waiver politics, EU China and transatlantic relations and on the environment at the WTO. WTO: IP waiver offer 2.0, three days on environment There will be a lot of activity at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. To …
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