Council president Donald Tusk and Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker have set out the European Union’s priorities for the coming G20 summit in Hangzhou, China (4&5 September). The summit will deal with a wide array of economic topics, from tax to finance to climate issues, but also trade policy. The G20 summit gathers against …
Defensive trade policy
EU trade policy August round-up
Two EU wins over Russia at the WTO and the German politics of CETA have dominated the month of August. WTO disputes dominate the picture The EU has imposed retroactive antidumping duties on colled-rolled steel from Russia and China. “The investigation was initiated on 14 May 2015 following a …
Commission antidumping overhaul plans stirs mixed feelings
On Wednesday, the Commission announced it would no longer single out China in its antidumping duties ahead of a December 2016, deadline that it believes obliges it to drop it from the list of ‘non market economies’ that allow it to use a non WTO compliant methodology in calculating antidumping …
China MES: EU trade defence law to move “closer to American model”
Instead of risking not being in compliance with WTO rules by refusing to grant China market economy treatment in EU antidumping law, the Commission is seeking to overhaul its trade defence policy more broadly, and move it “closer to the American model of trade defence”, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen …
Council endorses new EU China strategy – silent on market economy status
The EU’s foreign affairs council – FAC – meeting today has endorsed a new China strategy devised jointly by the European External Action Service and the Commission. Among others, the strategy endorses the idea of a future free trade agreement with China – provided current investment agreement negotiations are …
In brief: China market economy status post EU China summit
EU members continue to be deeply divided over the issue of granting China market economy treatment in antidumping. “The situation in the Council is complicated”, Peter Žiga, Minister of Economy of Slovakia, told MEPs this morning, referring to the China file. “The issue of granting China market economy status is of …
Brexit could tilt political power balance in TDI reform and China MES – experts
The UK will likely stay out of major decisions in trade policy before it even formally leaves the EU. This will affect major files including the hot China market economy status issue. The UK is still a member of the EU and will formally have the right to participate …
Protectionism reports: India, Brazil, Russia, and trade defence in focus
New EU Commission and a WTO/OECD reports highlight latest protectionist trends in G20.
EU exporters subject to rising number of antidumping actions abroad – Commission report
EU exporters face a rising number of trade defence duties applied to them in export markets, a freshly released annual report by the EU Commission reveals. “The number of [trade defence instrument] measures in force affecting EU exports in 2015 was 151, which corresponds to an increase when compared …
BIG READ – PART 3 – China MES, the steel crisis, and the EU
Continued from Part 2.
