News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Although they haven’t even started yet, United States-European Union trade talks already face major obstacles. Moving forward is critical to end the ‘tug of war’ between the US and EU. The best way to get there is to take a multifaceted approach aimed at both the transatlantic market and the …
It’s been an eventful week, with the EU coming up with new initiatives vis-a-vis China, the European Parliament voting down the EU’s United States trade strategy, a beef deal with Washington, and negotiations going on with Indonesia and Mercosur to try and achieve a free trade agreement with them. In …
The European Parliament voted on a legally non-binding resolution on the launch of new negotiations with the United States on tariff liberalisation and conformity assessment. MEPs adopted amendments tabled by the groups EFDD, ENF, Greens and S&D calling not to endorse the negotiation mandates. This in turn killed off the …
In November 2016, European Union and United States negotiators decided to put negotiations towards a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on ice. As new negotiations were initiated last year, observers – and critics – say the way Washington and the EU are going about the new talks is just a …
Ahead of the European Council next week and an EU-China summit in early April, the European Commission formally tabled a series of actions that make policy vis-à-vis Beijing “more realistic, assertive and multi-faceted”. The new commission communication entitled EU China – A Strategic Outlook says that “there is a growing …
This week more than half the World Trade Organization’s membership formally kick-started negotiations towards a ‘plurilateral’ agreement on e-commerce.
It’s been a week heavy on Brexit-related trade news and transatlantic. Over at the WTO e-commerce negotiations officially started on Wednesday (separate article in a couple of hours). Doing something useful for yourself for and women in trade It’s international women’s day today. So this is a good moment to …
The European Parliament will vote next Thursday on a motion for a resolution on EU-US trade negotiations that will offer the political background music to a highly contentious process.
The European Parliament is set to decide whether it will vote next week in plenary on a divisive resolution adopted last month to back up the European Union’s plan to launch trade negotiations with the United States.
Georgia, a small country in the Caucasus with a ‘frozen conflict’ on its territory ever since the 2008 war with Russia, has been eager to grow closer to the European Union. Despite pressing state-building priorities and a worrisome internal security situation, Tbilisi has proven diligent in implementing its 2014 ‘deep …
