Continued from Part 1. Crisis-stricken steel sector in lead against China MES
EU FTAs & bilateral ties
BIG READ – PART 1: China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
The current European and global debate over whether WTO members should treat China as a market economy in their domestic trade defence laws is also a battle over the future business model of a crisis stricken steel industry, and over the integrity of the global trading system. The unfolding saga, viewed …
How the EU liberalises agriculture in its latest FTAs
Our new Monthy Brief EU FTA tariff schedules – trends in agriculture and food is out. ****
Human rights issues increase uncertainty for Morocco, Vietnam trade deals
An EU trade agreement with Morocco was thrown into disarray after a Court of Justice of the EU ruling on its human rights consequences for Western Saharan people. The recently concluded trade deal with Vietnam could also see rough times ahead after the EU Parliament picked up on the EU’s …
Analysis: The EU’s flirtation with trade liberalism in agriculture
Is the EU toying with liberalism in its trade policy? Signs are it is increasingly tempted by embracing global market forces, leading to new compromises in trade agreements. By Iana Dreyer.
Analysis: How TPP, TTIP and agriculture are shaping EU Japan trade talks
The factors that shape EU trade policy are many. But among those that shape most actual and current negotiation dynamics in the EU Japan FTA negotiations, which started in 2013, a few months before the transatlantic TTIP talks, two stand out: United States free trade agreements and the EU agriculture sector, …
Lost on the way: a Turkish visa to the EU
Views on what is happening in the EU Turkey relationship diverge at a moment when the EU promises EU accession to a country sliding into authoritarianism in return for stemming migrant flows. Yet at the moment, it all boils down to a bargain on Turkish visas. By Iana Dreyer.
TTIP: tangible signs of progress in regulatory cooperation pillar
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‘Terreur’ of the terroir – musings before the GI battle that lies ahead in TTIP
I have been writing on China MES on this website and in the Borderlex PRO edition for weeks and weeks as the saga never ends. For a change, now to my favourite passtime: food. With a CATO trade policy paper coming in handy ahead of the next round of TTIP negotiations in Brussels in the coming week. Bloggy comment …
EU-EEU ties a matter of when, not if
Relations between Brussels and Moscow reached a new low over the fiasco of trilateral negotiations over the implementation of Ukraine’s new free trade and association deal with the EU in late 2015. Yet despite appearances, the establishment of diplomatic ties between the EU and the Russian-championed Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) …
