Here are a few highlights of recent think tank trade policy activity.
Economic security
Lange: anti-coercion instrument brings institutional innovations, ties member states
That the anti-coercion instrument stretched the limits of the EU’s institutional setup was clear from the moment the regulation was tabled by the European Commission in December 2021. What the three institutions negotiated during the ‘trilogue’ phase of legislation does even more so. They know it and have tried to …
EU capitals to decide on coercion in inter-institutional deal over new retaliatory instrument
The European Parliament made a major concession to the Council to be able to ensure the EU ‘s anti-coercion legislation sees the light: it leaves member states to determine whether they want to start a potential trade war with a third country if the bloc or a member country is …
THINK TANK: The weaponisation of trade
Foreign policy think tanks, usually absent from the trade policy conversations, are now busy working with trade. Weaponisation of trade, export controls, and European tech sovereignty are the themes addressed by two Berlin-based think tanks in recent days: the European Council on Foreign Relations and the German Council on Foreign …
Comment – EU export control policy weakness exposed with US-Netherlands deal
The world where export controls in the European Union were a highly technical affair focused on keeping dangerous items out of the hands of a few so-called ‘rogue’ states in a United States-led post Cold War order is now dead. In comes a world harking back to Cold War export …
Week in Brussels: Swedish EU presidency, India FTA, Singapore digital deal, Chile FTA text, Russia sanctions
Below, a few key developments in EU trade this week as we await the outcome of a jumbo-trilogue on the EU’s climate package that will decide on the final shape of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
In-depth: War in Ukraine puts spotlight on EU export control regime
The usually low-key, technocratic Export Control Forum, a big bash organised by the European Commission with allies and business and civil society stakeholders each year in Brussels was unusually well attended this time round. It reveals the new salience of the EU’s export control regime in times of war on …
European capitals hit back at Commission powers over anti-coercion legislation
Member states have collectively agreed they want to water down the European Commission’s planned anti-coercion instrument.
Anti-coercion instrument : EU capitals eye deal within weeks
The European Parliament is ready to enter inter-institutional trilogue negotiations with the Council on the EU’s planned anti-coercion legislation after a vote in committee and a decision in plenary this week. Member states are not quite there yet. But they hope to seal a deal among themselves in November and …
Anti-coercion instrument: MEPs dig in on European Commission powers
The international trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its position on the coming anti-coercion instrument in preparation for future negotiations with member states as it prepares for a likely showdown with EU capitals over the European Commission’s powers in this file.
