News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, May 3, 2025
The Romanian presidency of the European Union is hoping to see the EU Vietnam free trade agreement agreed by member states and ready for signature with Hanoi by the end of June. Bucharest appears less confident a separate investment protection agreement can be agreed by the Council by the same …
There will be few trade policy related meetings this week in the European Union, not least due to a holiday on Thursday. European elections fallout The leadership in Brussels will mainly be busy digesting the fallout from this week-end’s Europe-wide polls. Heads of state are gathering for a special summit …
There’s been movement on WTO issues this week. The EU has triggered Plan B on the appellate body, and the Paris meeting of trade ministers also helped WTO members bring a few other ongoing files forward.
The European Commission is preparing the EU for life without the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body.
“It will come. And soon,” a source close to the Indonesian government said when asked if and when Jakarta would file a dispute at the World Trade Organization in response to the EU’s new rules on biofuel mixes being released today (21 May). Tuesday was the final act of a …
This week will mainly be about the European Union digesting Donald Trump’s decision to postpone slapping tariffs on imported autos for six months to seek a deal with Brussels and Tokyo on restricting imports. EU-US and OECD trade ministerial Trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström reacted quickly on Friday (17 May) on …
On the eve of a deadline to act on a report filed by the Department of Commerce on the national security implications of auto imports and following media reports that the White House would postpone a decision to slap import duties on cars and car parts, Donald Trump released a …
This column was written with input from Chris Horseman. This has been an eventful week, with EU-US trade frictions, e-commerce, Mercosur, the Energy Charter Treaty, Australia and New Zealand, and WTO fish talks featuring high on the agenda. Below are other notable developments. Andean countries safeguard commodities exports to UK …
The US and EU are consulting stakeholders over retaliation for Airbus and Boeing WTO rule breaches.
Diplomats of more than 75 countries met in Geneva this week to formally start negotiations to set rules for trade in the 21st century in the World Trade Organization. The aim is to achieve a so-called ‘plurilateral’ agreement among a subset of organisation members which others could join later.
