The World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body will establish panels based on complaints filed by China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Norway, and Russia against United States tariffs on steel and aluminium introduced for national security reasons last spring. A Turkish panel request is still pending at the time of writing. …
EU trade policies
EU-US: Commission preparing two negotiating mandates
The European Commission is preparing two formal negotiation mandates from member states as part of its talks with the United States to bring forward trade relations as part of a joint executive working group set up this summer to calm trade tensions. Chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero said his department is …
The EU’s investment screening regulation compromise – key elements
The three EU institutions have been working at breakneck speed over the last months to make sure that a new EU-wide investment screening mechanism can see light before the European elections next year. The new piece of legislation is shaping up to become, above all, a mechanism for member states …
A Week in Brussels: South Africa, Red II and palm oil, dumping galore
This has been a big transatlantic (here and here) and Brexit (here, here, here and here) week. But it’s also been a big week for other EU trade topics. EU and South Africa reset The EU-South Africa summit got the two sides talking again – not least on all matters trade …
Beyond Brussels: Will WTO crisis lead to ‘anarchy’ and ‘new cold war’?
One has to wonder what Cecilia Malmström heard in Washington this week that spurred her to step up her warnings about the urgency of modernising the World Trade Organization at a conference hosted by the French economics ministry today.
Future UK-EU relationship declaration has limited ambitions for services trade
The services sector accounts for 80% of the UK’s economy. Services industries are Britain’s export success story, and the EU’s single market is the most important outlet for them. Yet services providers could very well get the short end of the stick in the future trade agreement between Britain and …
In brief: Malmström sees early 2019 as EU-US regulatory deal milestone
EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström reported “progress on regulatory cooperation” during her meeting with counterpart Robert Lighthizer in Washington yesterday. The two sides are seeking to strike bilateral deals to reduce red tape for trade at the border and avoid duplicative testing procedures. “We could see decisions already [in the] …
Cold wind blows on trade with Europe after Trump’s France visit
The White House is circulating a Section 232 report by the Department of Commerce on the national security implications of auto imports ordered by US President Donald Trump last summer for feedback among various US government departments. The move comes days after US midterm elections and following a trip over …
Vaughan: Future EU-UK relationship talks must proceed quickly after March
Glenn Vaughan, chief executive of British Chambers of Commerce EU & Belgium, talks about future European Union-United Kingdom trade relationships with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer. ‘No deal’ cannot be allowed to happen, he says, and Britain will be stronger on the international stage the more it stays aligned with the EU. …
Week in Brussels: Ministers set January target for US trade negotiation mandate
Today’s ‘FAC Trade’, as the meeting of trade ministers in November is called in the jargon, was intense. Here’s a rundown of the main outcomes of a meeting that was mainly about taking stock of many trade files.
