The EU should respond in kind to US plans to introduce discriminatory tax on corporations, argues a scholar at the highly respected economics think tank Bruegel in Brussels. The US government is introducing widely discussed tax reforms that would involve a discriminatory border tax adjustment, or ‘destination tax’. US tax …
EU trade policies
Commission: Member states need to meet two Turkish demands to secure customs union deal
On Friday (03 February 2017) member states discussed EU plans to modernise its economic relationships with Turkey. In December, the Commission requested a negotiating mandate from the member states to modernise the more than 20-year-old customs union that binds the two neighbours. The move, though less controversial in principle than EU accession …
EU and Mexico accelerate pace of free trade talks
It’s Trump time. The EU and Mexico have agreed to accelerate the pace of their ongoing negotiations to liberalise trade. “Together, we are witnessing the worrying rise of protectionism around the world. Side by side, as like-minded partners, we must now stand up for the idea of global, open …
Rising calls in EU for new trade initiatives in face of Trump trade moves
Tensions between the US administration and EU leaders are on the rise, as the US appears to attack in particular Germany on the trade front. Governments in the capitals and EU leaders have started responding. President Trump’s chief trade adviser Peter Navarro accused Germany of currency exploitation, the Financial …
Blog: A look back at the first trade week in Trump-world
This week has been dense with at times dramatic trade policy events in the EU but also globally. It’s worth having a look back. A blog by Iana Dreyer. “America first” This week has begun under the sign of Donald Trump initiating a trade war with Mexico and …
Panel finds Russian antidumping duties on EU vans WTO incompatible
The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization has found Russia’s antidumping duties imposed on light commercial vehicles from Germany and Italy to violate the Antidumping Agreement of the WTO and Article VI of the GATS. In 2013, Russia imposed duties of 29.6 percent on German van imports …
Belarus wants to become WTO member in 2017
Belarus might perhaps not quite be “the last dictatorship in Europe”. But it is definitely the last country in Europe that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. The former Soviet country and member of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union has recently been reforming its economy, which has been …
Extension of China solar duties faces setback in antidumping committee
The Commission faced a setback today when it tabled a proposal to extend for another two years antiduming duties and a price undertaking on solar panels from China. The measures, introduced in 2013, divided member states and the solar industry, and increased political tensions with Beijing. After an expiry review …
Lamy: ‘Trumponomics’ won’t contaminate Europe
By Catherine Stupp. This article was originally published by Euractiv.com – one of Borderlex’s editorial partners.
EU to extend trade defence measures against Chinese solar cells for two years
The EU is expected to renew antidumping measures and a ‘price undertaking’ in place since 2013 on solar panel cells from China on Thursday (26 January 2017). The move comes after a one-year expiry review of measures that had provoked significant frictions with China and divided the renewables industry in …
