Deals were inked in Asia this week: A sustainability agreement between Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland and Taiwan and Thailand upgraded their investment agreement.
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THINK TANK: US China after elections, EU China EVs, WTO digital trade, pre-WWII trade
In this week’s think tank edition: How the US-China trade rivalry could play out after the US elections, a new reminder of the importance of digital trade and reforming the World Trade Organization, and why the European Union’s reasons for imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are strategic. Also, William …
THINK TANK: OECD on industrial subsidies and services, Chinese EV investments
This week’s think tank column has selected two substantive OECD reports: one report sheds light on industrial subsidies and propose ways forward to discipline them, the other highlights the role of services in helping foster green tech resilience. The French think tank CEPII highlighted the role of production location for …
ASIA TRADE: Korea seeks mineral deal, Sri Lanka-Malaysia, Japan-Chile
This week in Asian trade policy: South Korea’s president toured Central Asia and signed deals on critical mineral supply chains. Sri Lanka and Malaysia agreed to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement – and Japan and Chile upgraded cooperation on mineral resources.
THINK TANK: Malmström on EU elections, China, industrial policy, ASEAN, critical minerals
This week’s international think tanks’ focus: the trade implications from the European Union’s elections, reducing EU reliance on Chinese supply chains, the realities of United States’s industrial policy, ASEAN’s digital trade agenda – and streamlining EU action on critical raw materials.
THINK TANK: Chips subsidy wars continued
It’s a quiet week in the international trade policy think tank world. There is one standout piece from the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington that focuses on United States and South Korean industrial policy and semiconductors.
Comment: EU 2024 elections could herald a trade policy of the ‘returns coordinator’
The far-right shift in European Union mainstream politics is set to reach a new stage in the coming parliament elections. It has already infected the EU’s trade policy as witnessed by interinstitutional negotiations over trade preferences for developing countries. Will the infection spread to other trade policy areas in the …
ASIA TRADE: China-Korea-Japan revive FTA plans, Indonesia CPTPP
This week in Asian trade policy news: South Korea, Japan and China agreed to speed up discussions for a potential trilateral free trade agreement and Indonesia announced its plan to apply for membership to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
THINK TANK: Economic security, critical minerals, USTR
Policies to improve the European Union’s economic security, avoiding critical mineral dependencies and reforming the United States Trade Representative all feature in the think tank universe this week.
THINK TANK: Economic statecraft, G7, EU after Biden EV tariffs, southern neighbours
There are several standouts among think tanks this week focusing on the G7 and creating cohesive economic security guardrails, the European Union’s divergent response to Biden’s new Chinese tariffs, the risks of using economic statecraft in response to global instability and the EU’s relationship with the Southern Neighbourhood.
