News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
One can’t escape a sense of spookiness on this Halloween week-end in Europe as not least international trade policy professionals wait for the results of the United States presidential elections next week. So much in the direction of travel in this field will depend on its outcomes. The EU …
The European Commission published this afternoon the definitive regulation enacting much-awaited electric vehicle countervailing duties after an investigation launched in October last year into subsidisation of the sector by the Chinese authorities. The duties will come into force as soon as tomorrow (30 October).
The European Commission recently released minutes of bilateral meetings held under the EU Vietnam free trade agreement and the EU Singapore free trade agreements last July. The delayed publication is due to the fact that minutes needed to be agreed by both parties. Here is what these minutes reveal.
Negotiations towards the European Union and India are progressing slowly but steadily at technical level.
Soon, both Indonesia and the European Union will find themselves under new and renewed administrations. This is a good moment to revive the momentum for ongoing bilateral trade agreement negotiations.
European Commission director for trade defence Martin Lukas said his institution was ready to clinch a price deal with Chinese companies on their exports of electric cars even after definitive EU duties are enacted.
It’s as if the WTO is becoming a key venue for the EU to settle its disputes with trading partners at a time when the United States is retreat.
The European Commission has announced the provisional levels of countervailing duties it will be levying on electric vehicles produced in China and signalled that it is ready to negotiate a “mutually agreed solution” with Beijing. The case is a snapshot in the subsidy and industrial battle the EU is waging …
The European Union finds itself between a rock and a hard place after the United States announced it was significantly raising existing Section 301 tariffs imposed in the Trump era on imports of electric vehicles, lithium batteries, solar cells, semiconductors and medical equipment to sweeping levels on Tuesday. Brussels fears …
Bernd Lange served as chair of the European Parliament’s international trade committee for two terms. In an in-depth conversation with Iana Dreyer, he discussed what changes to EU trade policy occurred under his tenure in this pivotal position, where he sees future relationships with the United States and China – …
