News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
The European Commission recently released minutes of bilateral meetings held under the EU Vietnam free trade agreement and the EU Singapore free trade agreements last July. The delayed publication is due to the fact that minutes needed to be agreed by both parties. Here is what these minutes reveal.
Negotiations towards the European Union and India are progressing slowly but steadily at technical level.
The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld earlier rulings that found bilateral agreements on agriculture and fisheries with Morocco concluded more than a decade ago are illegal due to their unwarranted coverage of Western Saharan products. A parallel Grand Chamber ruling told France not to unilaterally ban imports …
Trade policy folks watching enforcement of European Union trade policy now need to pay close attention to the activities of European Prosecutor’s Office. The EU’s supranational anti-corruption and fraud office established in 2021 to clamp down on fraud affecting EU funds has, over the last two weeks, issued hefty fines …
Soon, both Indonesia and the European Union will find themselves under new and renewed administrations. This is a good moment to revive the momentum for ongoing bilateral trade agreement negotiations.
European Commission director for trade defence Martin Lukas said his institution was ready to clinch a price deal with Chinese companies on their exports of electric cars even after definitive EU duties are enacted.
It’s trade defence stock-take week in Brussels. The European Commission released its annual report on its trade defence policy covering its activities in the year 2023. On the same day, the commission announced it will now systematically request that imports are registered the moment it initiates an investigation. But AEGIS …
‘Reshoring’, ‘friendshoring’ , ‘de-risking’, ‘nearshoring’, however you call it, is now becoming a measurable reality on the ground.
The European Union is readying to offer more flexible rules of origin to Palestinian exports.
It’s as if the WTO is becoming a key venue for the EU to settle its disputes with trading partners at a time when the United States is retreat.
