By Iana Dreyer This has been a sad summer for Europe. The fact that holiday pleasures for those who enjoyed some were dampened by bad weather turns out to be a minor inconvenience in a season overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine, the political unravellings in the Middle East, and bad news for the economy in Eurozone’s core economies, including …
EU trade policies
A $ 50 bn award concludes long-standing Energy Charter Yukos case
[sh_light_text ]A Hague tribunal US$ 50 bn award concludes one of the world’s most high-profile expropriation cases, that of Yukos, the former biggest Russian oil company previously owned by Michail Khodorkovsky, reports Iana Dreyer.[/sh_light_text]
Transatlantic trade talks cast doubt on EU-Turkey customs union future
[sh_light_text ]Could Turkey’s customs union with the European Union fall victim to the ongoing transatlantic trade talks? The launch of TTIP by Brussels and Washington last year has led to new tensions between Turkey and the EU over their current trade arrangements. Iana Dreyer explores the issue.[/sh_light_text]
EPAs can be a boon for Africa if crafted properly, International Trade Centre’s Gonzalez says
Last week, 18 West African countries inked the first Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Four more EPAs are expected to be signed in Africa. The negotiations process was long and the EU has been criticised for not handling African’s sensitivities properly. In an interview with Borderlex’s …
Blog: Antidumping in the EU 2014 – the first six months
The EU Commission recently released statistics of the bloc’s first months of antidumping and anti-subsidy cases.
Blog: Western African EPA – painful birth
The first full regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and sub-Saharan Africa is set to come into force, as sixteen West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo), decided last week to implement an agreement …
Comment: Not going ballistic – Why Russia won’t start a trade war with Ukraine this time round
[sh_light_text ]High-level officials from the European Union (EU), Ukraine and Russia are holding a ‘trilateral’ meeting in Brussels today. They plan to address Russia’s commercial concerns about the impact the free trade deal (DCFTA) Brussels and Kiev signed in late June might have on its trade with Ukraine. Ukraine and …
Italian EU presidency’s trade focus to be on TTIP and Asia
[sh_light_text ]Trade policy, TTIP and Asia are to be central tenets of Italy’s six-month rotating presidency of the EU, Rory Cahill reports.[/sh_light_text]
Green-goods initiative launched this week to underpin EU climate, energy goals
[sh_light_text ]The EU and 13 other members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) including the US, China and Japan wrapped up the first round of talks on the Environmental Goods Trade (EGA) today in Geneva. The EU hopes the deal will help it meet its climate and energy security targets. But major …
Data ‘crunch time’ for EU trade policy?
[sh_light_text ]The digital sector, currently the most dynamic growth area in an otherwise gloomy economy, is jeopardised by inconsistent and costly privacy laws that conflate government spying, privacy issues, and the desire to prop up local companies: this is a concern that businesses and analysts are increasingly becoming vocal about. Iana Dreyer examines what exactly worries …
