EU US steel and aluminium talks reach crunch time The EU and US are still negotiating on a mechanism aimed at phasing out Trump era national security import duties on steel (25%) and aluminium (10%).
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EU US Trade and Tech Council to proceed as planned on 29 September
Following a telephone conversation held between US president Joe Biden and the president of France on Wednesday (22 September) evening, the European Commission considered that a major political row between France and by extension to the entire European Union over the US Australia UK nuclear submarine agreement that erupted last …
Comment: EU needs to grow up and seek strategic dialogue with the United States
The United States’ crashing into a submarine agreement Australia concluded with France, getting Paris kicked out of it and replace it with its own nuclear-powered technology, all done in secret and revealed suddenly last week is a shock to everyone.
Week in Brussels: EU US talk talks on steel and TTC, Caspary procurement report, ESA EPA upgrade
If anything, this week in trade in Brussels was about preparing the ground for what comes next in the autumn 2021.
Slovenian presidency puts America first in its plans for EU trade policy
Slovenia took over the reins of the Council less than two weeks ago and will have to steer the European Union’s trade policy through choppy waters in the coming six months. Speaking at the European Parliament on Tuesday (13 July) Zdravko Počivalšek, Slovenia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic …
INTERVIEW – EU-US relations and the digital economy: politics, tech or trade?
The Biden administration is genuinely committed to a partnership with the European Union on issues related to the digital economy. But making new ‘trade and tech’ initiatives announced in the wake of the EU-US summit work will require swift movement and a lot of resources. A conversation with Frances Burwell.
Trade and digital after the EU-US summit: what to expect?
The announcement of a new EU-US Trade and Technology Council at the EU-US summit in Brussels this week was generally well received by relevant stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic. But the new transatlantic body is still merely a concept on paper – and little is known about how …
Aircraft subsidies: What the US and EU want to do on China
Brussels and Washington might not have completely settled their long-standing dispute over subsidies to their respective civil aircraft giants Boeing and Airbus today. But there is one area where agreement is strong: the view that China’s state-backed plane producer COMAC and similar outfits need to be kept from snatching global …
EU-US summit and trade: key outcomes
The European Union and the United States are still putting the finishing touches to their joint communiqué at the time of writing after an intense and productive bilateral summit which aimed to reset the relationship on many fronts after four years of turbulent relationships under the Trump administration. In terms …
Comment: What can realistically be resolved on trade and tech at EU-US summit?
Whereas the meeting will no doubt be positive, expectations of what the next EU-US summit can actually achieve or even ‘boost’ on the transatlantic trade and tech agendas need some managing.
