Council conclusions on EU trade review stumble over open strategic autonomy, Mercosur, Mexico
Latest news
European Union to table new counterproposals on trade, health, vaccines at WTO
The European Union wants to be seen as a solutions-provider in the ongoing World Trade Organization’s health-related dealings. This comes after having been caught unawares by a recent decision by the United States to drop its long-held belief in the unassailability of pharmaceutical patents and negotiate a waiver on TRIPS …
Comment: Can the European Union’s plans for the WTO withstand reality?
The European Union’s trade ministers are expected to broadly endorse the new direction of trade policy as proposed by the European Commission in its Trade Policy Review last February. But can the EU’s plans hold given current geopolitical realities and the pandemic context?
EU tariff ‘goodwill gesture’ comes as US Section 232 metals tariff intentions remain unclear
The European Union has agreed not to proceed with a second tranche of retaliatory import duties on United States imports on 1st of June as originally planned in order to leave room for further negotiations with the United States. The duty enactment could be deferred for up to six months.
Week in Brussels: Algeria, trade defence, Tai on aircraft and steel
It’s been a relatively quiet week on the trade front in the EU given a Thursday bank holiday in many European countries and the European Commission declaring today (Friday 14 May) a holiday for its staff. Nonetheless, below some notable developments in EU trade policy.
EU and India to launch trade, investment protection, GI talks
The European Union and India agreed to relaunch their stalled free trade agreement negotiations at a bilateral summit held virtually on Saturday (8 May 2021).
EU introduces foreign subsidy control regulation
The European Commission released today its regulation proposal for an instrument to control “foreign subsidies distorting the internal market”.
Revised EU industrial strategy : fourteen sectors slated to reduce ‘strategic dependencies’
Alongside long-announced new legislation aimed at countering the distortive effects of subsidies of non-EU firms operating in the European Single Market, the Commission is set to unveil a revised industrial strategy in the coming days.
International Procurement Instrument legislation enters fine-tuning stage
The European Union’s member states are in what many in Brussels believe to be the final stages of preparation of a long-awaited regulation that aims to promote international ‘reciprocity’ in market access for public sector contracts.
Week in Brussels: Mercosur time horizon, Korea, India
A week with meaningful developments on transatlantic, digital and – not least – the EU-UK front. Here other updates… Dombrovskis eyes 2022 for ratification of EU Mercosur trade pact Speaking at an event hosted by the Portuguese presidency of the European Council in cooperation with BusinessEurope and its Brazilian counterpart …
