This is a very special week ahead for trade policy in Europe, be it in Brussels, London, other European capitals and at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
‘Week Ahead’ and trade agenda
Summer recess period
The institutions whose activities we follow – the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Trade Organization, the parliament of the United Kingdom – are entering a summer recess period. This will reflect on Borderlex’s own reporting. Our flagship weekly columns such as Week …
ALERT: G7 meeting, EU Japan & South Korea digital, EU-Australia
EU trade policy nerds can forget about enjoying a quiet week-end. European Commission executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis is travelling to Japan this week-end for a range of meetings. This will be followed by a hop-over to South Korea. Watch out for deals and announcements as below:
Week Ahead: CBAM, ASEAN, Indonesia, Japan, UK India, US TPR
Let’s be prepared for a big week in trade policy in and around Europe.
Autumn 2022: EU trade policy in times of Big Geopolitics
Big Geopolitics, a war next door, soaring inflation, an energy crisis, a burning climate crisis, an economic downturn, possibly a recession. It is the autumn 2022 rentrée and there are about eighteen months left to get a range of pathbreaking pieces of legislation and trade agreements to the finishing line …
Week Ahead : MC12 week, Northern Ireland, EU-India, anti-coercion
This is Big Week in global trade policy. By Iana Dreyer.
Week Ahead: Spanish olives, Liz Truss takes over EU portfolio, China-Lithuania, Christmas
Welcome to the last working week of the year 2021. Moment of truth on the Appellate Body for the Biden administration Today (Monday 20 December) the Dispute Settlement Body in the World Trade Organization will meet for the last time of the year. Two new panels are set to be …
Week Ahead: MC12 blues, WTO disputes, INTA on international procurement
Happy Monday morning dear readers! MC12 – the work continues – but how? It’s as if there was a curse hanging over the 12th ministerial conference of the WTO, due to be held this week in Geneva, but postponed at the last minute last Friday. The conference was postponed twice …
Week Ahead : EU international procurement, WTO dispute settlement body, UK New Zealand
Welcome back to school, dear readers!
Autumn 2021 EU trade policy: in the shadow of German elections
The European Union’s trade policy agenda will be overshadowed by a hiatus in the coming months as the Franco-German duo faces domestic elections. Nonetheless, pathbreaking legislation ranging from procurement to supply chains could still make headway.
