News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
This week could seal the fate of quite a few EU trade policy files: the overhaul of the EU’s dumping regulation, the EU Mercosur trade deal and the Brexit talks. TDI reform agreement? Expectations are high that the EU will announce a deal tomorrow on the overhaul of …
This week’s trade highlights of the week have been: Latin America, the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, trade defence and the EU’s multilateral investment court plans. Deal or no deal in Mercosur, that is the question The EU has been negotiating hard with both Mercosur and Mexico this week …
In trade news from outside the EU this week, we have: ISDS: A working group of countries organized under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is discussing a possible revamp of the investor-state dispute settlement system during a week-long meeting in Vienna that ends today. The effort …
The EU and Mercosur are trying hard to get their deal trade done in the coming weeks. The atmosphere among negotiators and in the EU is frenetic as the 31st round of negotiations opens in Brussels on Wednesday. Tensions are running high as competing interests between the parties and …
This is a big week for EU trade negotiators, who will be putting their collective noses to the grindstone as they work toward a year-end goal to clinch agreements with Mexico and Mercosur. Momentum is building for the parties to be able to announce at the World Trade Organization’s December …
Welcome to a new weekly column ‘A week in Brussels’ with the highlights of the trade week in Brussels. I hope you enjoy it! The trade week in Brussels ends with an understated Eastern Partnership summit. It brings together of a group of disparate countries traumatised by the Ukraine crisis …
Welcome to our new weekly feature ‘Beyond Brussels’, which provides an overview of the previous week’s trade news outside of the Belgian capital. Many of the issues included in this column may not directly affect the EU now, but trade is a funny beast that spreads its tentacles in many …
The EU’s Eastern Partnership, the Mercosur talks, digital, and the WTO’s appellate body crisis will be among this week’s highlights in EU trade. The week in trade will also be overshadowed by the breakdown of German coalition talks, leaving an empty leadership seat in Europe. Armenia pact The …
All eyes will be on the European Parliament this week, when the assembly votes on dumping measures designed to protect EU jobs and industry. The Parliament’s trade committee approved the compromise agreement with the Council and the European Commission last month, and the legislation could enter into force this year …
If last week was quiet in Brussels on trade, this week will be overloaded with trade policy meetings. A new round of EU Mercosur free trade negotiations is taking place in Brasilia this week. Mercosur will also be central to the agriculture and fisheries Council meeting held today …
