News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
It’s very rare to hold two High Level Economic Dialogues between the EU and China within two months – the last one was on 10 June. But the times are exceptional enough to warrant it. The two sides did not release a joint statement after the meeting. But the European …
The Geneva trade scene will be run by a different set of people as of this autumn….E-commerce negotiators now have a plan. And agriculture producers are be sparring about support to the sector under COVID-19 conditions. People churn in Geneva So, the WTO’s preferred candidate for the post to lead …
On Friday a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel established at the behest of Russia ruled that the European Union’s ‘cost adjustment methodology’ relating to how it accounts for raw material input costs on exports of products it deems ‘dumped’ was not compliant with the global trade rule-book. The ruling …
While Brussels quiets down somewhat on the trade front, the WTO in Geneva will see a spurt of activity before it shuts down for a few weeks in August. No holiday break for London as it continues on its winding path to a post-Brexit FTA network. In Brussels we will …
Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer spoke to one of the leading candidates in the current race to succeed Roberto Azevêdo at the helm of the World Trade Organization. Amina Mohamed is former Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya. She also served as ambassador to the WTO. Among others she acted as …
Chris Horseman contributed to this article. Fight over parliamentary scrutiny of trade policies The UK’s new draft Trade Bill completed its passage through the House of Commons this week, with the government’s proposed text being adopted without any significant changes. Proposed amendments to give members of parliament greater powers to …
In many ways this has been a week full of trade defence news: the first European Court of Auditors report on EU trade defence policy was released this week, and Turkey decided to go to court in Geneva over the EU’s steel safeguard. There is also the ever-simmering tariff guerilla …
The first ever ECA report on trade defence policy in the EU gives the Commission a clean slate in the way it handles its cases. But one most read the fine print and in between the lines : and then one cannot but be confronted with some disturbing questions. By …
WTO members try to stick to 2020 deadline for a fisheries deal The year 2020 was set as United Nations deadline to deliver on one of the Sustainable Development Goals on fish stocks. Despite all the difficulties in agreeing anything in the organisation and despite the delay to negotiations induced …
There is loads going on in the WTO this week: the end of the COVID-19 Geneva institution lockdown is on! Some meetings are still held online, though. There was a Trade Negotiation Committee meeting on Monday, there will be a General Council meeting over the next two days with a …
