The European Union might very soon have its long-awaited ‘international procurement instrument’ as trilogue negotiations appear to be closing in.
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International procurement: trilogue negotiators aim for end-of-March conclusion
Trilogue negotiations on the long-awaited international procurement instrument are “advancing very well”, a French presidency source recently assured Borderlex. But whether France’s ambition to get the piece of legislation finalised by the end of March – i.e. in four weeks’ time – can be met still remains to be seen. …
Foreign subsidies regulation: ‘like-minded’ non EU business groups raise concerns
Businesses from Australia, India, Japan, Korea and the United States are not necessarily the main targets of the European Union’s new foreign subsidies regulation. But representatives from these countries’ business sectors, some of them among the top investors in the EU, are raising alarm bells about some procedural issues raised …
Foreign subsidies: Commission pushes back against MEP amendments
The European Commission is on a mission to calm down the European Parliament’s urge to complicate its proposed foreign subsidies regulation.
Procurement reciprocity legislation seen as ripe for conclusion in coming months
The Council and the European Parliament are confident that the new regulation on an International Procurement Instrument can be wrapped up politically in the coming months, with some people close to the file even hoping there could be a breakthrough in ‘trilogue’ as early as March – although the few …
Foreign subsidies regulation: Hansen report seeks to minimise international friction
The rapporteur on the coming new EU legislation aimed at tackling distortive foreign subsidies Christophe Hansen presented his draft report on Thursday (13 January) at a hearing that included French trade minister Franck Riester. The rapporteur wants to go fast. He also tabled amendments that seek to minimise international frictions …
Week in Brussels: Russia WTO dispute now on, steel safeguard revision, aluminium
Borderlex will be in recess as of tomorrow (22 December) for about a fortnight due to the festive season. So we are fast-forwarding our usual Friday Week in Brussels column for you…
MEPs adopt International Procurement Instrument position
Members of the European Parliament adopted its second report on the EU’s planned International Procurement Instrument by a very solid majority of 590 in favour. The vote gives a mandate to the legislature to begin talks with the Council – i.e. the member states – and the European Commission to …
Comment: The new Japan-US-EU ‘trilateral’ underwent a pandemic mutation
The relaunched Japan-US-EU trilateral conversation aimed at developing new rules related to so-called ‘non-market’ behaviour in international markets is shaping up to be very different from the pre-pandemic initiative launched during the Trump administration.
IPI: MEPs take hard line on exceptions, except for poor countries
The trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its new position on the International Procurement Instrument. The piece of legislation is part of EU efforts to foster ‘reciprocity’ in market access for its firms in international public procurement markets. MEPs consider that there shall be no exceptions to excluding or …
