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EU concerned about outgoing Biden administration AI export restrictions
The European Commission has expressed concern over the United States’ Department of Commerce decision to restrict exports of advanced artificial intelligence technology and related semiconductors. A concrete response from Brussels will need to wait, if it materialises at all.
Editor’s take: Will the EU withstand the brewing transatlantic storm?
The European Union doesn’t have the right institutions to deal with the crises it has been facing ever since the 2008 financial crisis. Whether it can withstand the next big storm coming with Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office remains to be seen. Consistent rule-enforcement and intelligent deal …
EU launches safeguard investigation into ferro silicon and related products
The European Commission is throwing away its traditional shyness in resorting to import safeguards.
Editor’s Take – Mercosur: a precedent for future EU deals with large emerging markets
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the recently concluded EU Mercosur association agreement is simply that it involves a trade agreement among economic giants. In other words: it’s not the most exciting of trade agreements. There is a lot of novelty, however. But it lies not in the trade concessions …
Alert: EU and Mercosur reach deal on trade deal…
The four countries of the Mercosur bloc of South America and the European Commission have concluded negotiations in South America on follow-ups to an association agreement initially concluded in 2019 but which was never ratified. Ursula von der Leyen was able to announce the agreement in Montevideo.
Four countries sign environmental trade agreement ACCTS
Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland concluded an agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability that breaks new ground in the area of services and which bans fossil fuel subsidies. This is a first-in-kind legally binding international trade agreement with a primary focus on pursuing environmental policy objectives. The …
Economic security policy under Von der Leyen 2.0 – what could it look like?
In her mission letter to Maroš Šefčovič, the man she nominated to become the next commissioner for international trade, Ursula von der Leyen asked him to draw up a European Union ‘economic security doctrine’. It’s still early days to know exactly how this doctrine will look like, but first clues …
Blog: The phony trade war as seen from Brussels
One can say we find ourselves in a “phony trade war”. While everyone waits for the action to start on the transatlantic trade beat since Donald Trump won the race to the White House for a second time last week, here’s some impressions I’ve been gathering of what people think …
