This week it’s China that will be mainly in focus on the EU’s trade agenda. Trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström will travel to South Korea and Japan to take stock of trade relations. In Geneva, the work of the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body will resume having been interrupted over …
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Week in Brussels: Australia and New Zealand FTAs, Cambodian textiles, US-Japan-EU trilateral
This week was dominated by news on European trade defence policy and by a shift in sentiment in Britain over a customs union with the EU – with ramifications for the Department for International Trade. Other bits of news below. EU-Australia negotiations: third round The EU and Australia held a …
Week Ahead: China, Australia, WTO
Another intense trade week lies ahead. The China saga continues China displaced transatlantic relations as the big-ticket item at last week’s European Council. It looks like China could make new headlines again. After dropping by Italy on Saturday, where Chinese president Xi Jinping and Italy’s head of state Sergio Mattarella …
Beyond Brussels: Brazil accepts to forego WTO developing country status
Two alpha-males met in Washington yesterday and displayed their mastery of the Art of the Deal. But it’s worth looking at at the fine print of the Brazil-United States understanding reached last night.
Week Ahead in EU Trade: Brexit, EU US, China, Myanmar and Cambodia
This week’s main focus will be on Brexit, EU-US relations, and China. Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, will also be on the agenda. Brexit and FTA rollovers The House of Commons might vote a third time on Britain’s withdrawal agreement with the EU on Tuesday or Wednesday if prime minister Theresa May …
EU-US trade relations: The way forward
Although they haven’t even started yet, United States-European Union trade talks already face major obstacles. Moving forward is critical to end the ‘tug of war’ between the US and EU. The best way to get there is to take a multifaceted approach aimed at both the transatlantic market and the …
Week in Brussels: Trump trouble, Korea labour dispute, Turkey, palm oil fight
It’s been an eventful week, with the EU coming up with new initiatives vis-a-vis China, the European Parliament voting down the EU’s United States trade strategy, a beef deal with Washington, and negotiations going on with Indonesia and Mercosur to try and achieve a free trade agreement with them. In …
Week Ahead in EU trade: Brexit, EU US, Indonesia, Mercosur
Welcome to trade mega-week folks! Brexit adrift Will we have significant trade rupture across the Channel and Irish sea in less than three weeks? Or no Brexit at all? New votes in Westminster starting tomorrow could indicate – or not – where the UK is heading in its attempts to …
Beyond Brussels: WTO digital talks get off to uneasy start
This week more than half the World Trade Organization’s membership formally kick-started negotiations towards a ‘plurilateral’ agreement on e-commerce.
A week in Brussels: EU would accept steel quota, Korea FTA, women in trade
It’s been a week heavy on Brexit-related trade news and transatlantic. Over at the WTO e-commerce negotiations officially started on Wednesday (separate article in a couple of hours). Doing something useful for yourself for and women in trade It’s international women’s day today. So this is a good moment to …
