Russia’s trade sanctions on the West, Ukraine and Turkey in 2014, and Moscow’s parallel policies attempting to substitute for imports and boost local production are not bearing much fruit, argues Ben Aris from BNE Intellinews in a new piece analysing the freshest Russian trade data.
EU trade policies
Injecting energy into the agenda of trade negotiators
Barriers to trade and investment in energy goods and services, long neglected, start being addressed by trade negotiators in the World Trade Organisation and outside of it. The process of integrating the energy dimension to trade policy is however still in its infancy. A recent World Energy Council report aims …
BIG READ – PART 3 – China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
Continued from Part 2.
BIG READ – PART 2 – China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
Continued from Part 1. Crisis-stricken steel sector in lead against China MES
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.
