Good morning, a few things to watch out for this week. On Tuesday, the Dutch lower house will vote on the ratification of CETA, the flagship trade agreement with Canada signed in 2016 and which is already partially in force. Though the Dutch are famed for being a trading nation …
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TDI Series: A brave new world for EU trade defence policy?
The European Commission plans to roll out anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tools to tackle a whole range of new global challenges, not least in the digital sphere. Arnoud Willems discusses trends, challenges and accountability issues in EU trade defence policy with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer.
Week in Brussels: EU US, digital, ESA
This week the focus has been on the soon-to-be-launched EU-UK trade negotiations and the real start to British post-Brexit trade policy. Our *four articles* (!) this week here. But London is not quite the centre of the world. Here other developments this week in EU trade. Hogan flies to Washington …
Week Ahead: Brexit countdown, WTO, CETA
Good morning Brexit Europe. Brexit begins for real Britain has been out of the EU for two days now. The countdown to the end of the ‘transition period’ by year-end is on. Negotiations on a new relationship – to start in exactly one month – promise to be tumultuous. Today …
Week ahead: China, Davos, Vietnam FTA, Cambodia duties, MIC
Good morning. A heavy-duty week lies ahead in EU trade. China rock and US hard place There is China. The EU is still reeling from the fallout of the US-China trade agreement concluded as a ‘truce’ to end the mutual tariff escalation triggered by Washington in 2018. Be it the …
Week in Brussels: China, Indonesia, New Zealand, ESA
With input from Chris Horseman. The week in EU trade was dominated by preparations for trade agreement negotiations with Britain next month and Phil Hogan’s delicate trip to the United States. Hogan’s tweets mention meetings with members of Congress and the Senate and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The ‘big’ meeting …
Week in Brussels: Breton data localisation statements, EU US, Vietnam FTA, IP
This week was mainly about the EU getting back into business mode. The main focus has been on preparing the ground for trade negotiations starting next month with the United Kingdom and managing transatlantic relations. More below. Commissioner Breton toys with idea of a data localisation obligations for business data …
Brussels trade policy preview 2020: a bumpy ride ahead
Photo credit: WTO. EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, who met WTO DG Roberto Azevedo, a few days before taking office as trade commissioner in November oast year, will be in charge of devising a new EU strategy to revive the WTO and put the Appellate Body mechanism back to work. A …
Week in Brussels: See you in Davos for e-commerce, Habemus Korea panel, China
E-commerce negotiators gear up for intense first half of 2020 After a stock-taking meeting in Geneva early this week, negotiators involved in the plurilateral negotiations on e-commerce decided there would be a ministerial meeting on the talks in January 2020 at the annual global elite meeting in Davos. The Davos …
EU US, China, Brexit, Indonesia, Solomon Islands
This article was prepared with input from Chris Horseman. It is haping up to be a good Christmas for USTR Robert Lighthizer. But this means it won’t be a good Christmas for the European Union. United States relations in focus Over the last few days, the United States and China …
