After a few weeks of being fairly quiet, think tanks doing things on trade policy have been churning out reports again – long or short – on some big-ticket items: WTO reform, EU data flows and EU Turkey relations.
EU trade policies
Think tank: Oz-EU anti-coercion collaboration, EU firms and China
Here are a few highlights of recent think tank trade policy activity.
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation in limbo amidst EU member state deadlock
It had become abundantly clear that there would be no ad hoc ministerial conference in April this year as originally envisaged by the Energy Charter Treaty ministers last November when a decision to adopt a renegotiated treaty text was postponed.
Long Read: Chile’s lost trade policy consensus
A country known for being a poster child of free market economics and open trade is questioning its model amidst social disquiet at home and challenging geopolitics abroad. Iana Dreyer shares her insights into the trade policy of a resource-rich South American country with which the EU has upgraded an …
EU seeks digital upgrade for Singapore, Korea free trade agreements
The European Commission is requesting a formal mandate from EU member states to start negotiations to upgrade existing free trade agreements with Korea and Singapore by including legally binding new rules on digital trade.
Think Tank: US-Germany on China, UK environment in trade deals
A selection of interesting recent think tank pieces. CSIS: US should let the Germany work out its approach to China as its domestic debate shifts Lily McElwee Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that explains how the debate in Germany surrounding China …
EU, Kenya in final push to implement EPA trade deal bilaterally
The European Union and Kenya are edging closer towards putting an end to a long saga around a region-to-region trade agreement with the East African Community and have a deal just amongst themselves.
Lange: anti-coercion instrument brings institutional innovations, ties member states
That the anti-coercion instrument stretched the limits of the EU’s institutional setup was clear from the moment the regulation was tabled by the European Commission in December 2021. What the three institutions negotiated during the ‘trilogue’ phase of legislation does even more so. They know it and have tried to …
EU capitals to decide on coercion in inter-institutional deal over new retaliatory instrument
The European Parliament made a major concession to the Council to be able to ensure the EU ‘s anti-coercion legislation sees the light: it leaves member states to determine whether they want to start a potential trade war with a third country if the bloc or a member country is …
Blog: A US ambassador on the challenges of making EU US trade relations work
AmChamEU’s annual transatlantic conference is one of the go-to meetings for the transatlantic trade policy and business community in Brussels. This year’s event displayed yet again how challenging it is to keep the EU-US economic and trade conversation on a smooth track.
