News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
G20 fallout December 2018 will be remembered as a decisive moment in European trade policy. Leaders came back to Europe from the G20 in Argentina over the week-end without securing a commitment by the big leaders to fight protectionism – although WTO reform is on the agenda of the world’s …
As the EU gears up for the crucial G20 summit in Buenos Aires, below other developments in the world of European trade. Don’t forget to read up on Chris Horseman’s pieces on the UK’s accession to the GPA in Geneva and the state of play in Britain’s rollover of EU free …
It comes as little surprise that the World Trade Organization expects global merchandise trade to continue decelerating in the coming months – but it’s bad news, nonetheless. Mounting trade tensions, tighter credit conditions in key markets and waning business confidence have caused export orders to fall, the WTO said in …
Early fears that Italy’s populist government would block the EU’s trade agreement with Canada have proven unwarranted. Despite Trump-style rhetoric and ‘Italy first’ approaches, the populist government in Rome seems to have fallen in line with other EU governments on trade since taking power six months ago. The government is split …
The G20, and the future of the WTO will be in focus this week in Brussels. There’s been no week-end for many in Brussels. On Sunday, the EU27 signed off on the package deal for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. The Brexit deal includes: a status-quo transition period during which …
The latest US report detailing Chinese policies involving the transfer of technology, intellectual property and innovation is full of “groundless accusations”, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. The update, which stems from the Trump administration’s Section 301 investigation, was released a day after the US proposed stepping up scrutiny of …
There are four main items to watch this week in EU trade: Brexit, Section 232 at the WTO, INTA, and EU Australia FTA negotiations. Full English Brexit The real Brexit week will not be the last week of March 2019. If all goes according to plan, real Brexit week is …
This has been a big transatlantic (here and here) and Brexit (here, here, here and here) week. But it’s also been a big week for other EU trade topics. EU and South Africa reset The EU-South Africa summit got the two sides talking again – not least on all matters trade …
One has to wonder what Cecilia Malmström heard in Washington this week that spurred her to step up her warnings about the urgency of modernising the World Trade Organization at a conference hosted by the French economics ministry today.
Glenn Vaughan, chief executive of British Chambers of Commerce EU & Belgium, talks about future European Union-United Kingdom trade relationships with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer. ‘No deal’ cannot be allowed to happen, he says, and Britain will be stronger on the international stage the more it stays aligned with the EU. …
