Support for TTIP in the EU remains strong, but continues to decline, the latest Eurobarometer shows. Divisions between PRO and anti TTIP countries sharpen. The EU has been polling citizens on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership since 2014. The latest round of polls shows a significant slide in …
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Doubts Trump as president would pull US out of WTO
Should the Republican candidate Donald Trump become the next US president, he would face significant obstacles back home in fulfilling his pledge to pull his country out of the WTO, analysts say. For the EU, whether Trump or Hillary Clinton becomes president, talking trade and TTIP with the US won’t …
Brexit: US clarifies EU 27 needs to up TTIP game, UK needs to wait for deal
Updated on 26/07/13h44 CET. Well, “told you so“? Now that the United Kingdom its on its way out from the EU, the US is increasing its demands on the EU 27 in the transatlantic TTIP talks. With a quarter of the EU’s GDP gone, the bloc needs to make …
Trade: the EU’s rising exposure to pressure and blackmail
The EU’s trade policy is being renationalised under the pressure of national governments seeking to regain control over an exclusive competence of the EU and of Brexit. The European bloc is thereby becoming increasingly exposed to new political pressures and blackmail at home and abroad. A pamphlet by Iana Dreyer.
Who wants a trade deal with the UK
Twelve deals. That’s what Liam Fox, the UK’s new man in charge of international trade wants to secure before the end of coming two-year negotiations between the country and the EU. So far, what do we know about who really wants a deal with the UK once it is out of the EU? …
Commission antidumping overhaul plans stirs mixed feelings
On Wednesday, the Commission announced it would no longer single out China in its antidumping duties ahead of a December 2016, deadline that it believes obliges it to drop it from the list of ‘non market economies’ that allow it to use a non WTO compliant methodology in calculating antidumping …
Post Brexit: UK’s Hammond courting China
The UK’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Philipp Hammond is in Beijing to pitch the UK as an attractive investment destination post Brexit. Ahead of his trip Philip Hammond stated: “We have built a strong economic relationship with China and as Chinese investments into the UK continue to diversify and …
“Unravelling CETA” campaign in EU Parliament
A group of 8 MEPs from the centre and far left have launched a campaign against CETA called Unravelling CETA. The MEPs are from France, led by maverick French socialist Emmanuel Maurel, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Germany. The objectives of the campaign are not set out clearly, but the …
Sri Lanka on lengthy path to regain GSP Plus status
Since Sri Lanka has applied to regain its lost GSP Plus status. The government that came into power last year is aiming to break with the previous Rajapaska government’s track record on governance and human rights. After atrocities committed against the Tamil rebellion in 2009, the EU suspended the extra …
East African Community EPA signature delayed
The East African Community Economic Partnership Agreement will not be signed, as initially planned, this week in Nairobi on the sidelines of the Nairobi investment summit hosted by UNCTAD. The EPA was concluded in 2015. The EU member states have endorsed the deal in June 2016, so has the …
