Why the EU will not kick the China antidumping habit so quickly By Iana Dreyer.
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In brief – WTO: EU to extend indefinitely TRIPS exemptions for poorest countries
In brief: European Union ratifies WTO Trade Faciliation Agreement
The European Parliament ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement today. The deal was signed at the last Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Bali in December 2013. China formally adopted the agreement last week. The FTA is the only successful component of the fourteen-year-old Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations so far. …
EU Commission trade defence practices under growing scrutiny
The EU Commission’s trade directorate’s way of handling trade defence cases is coming under increased scrutiny, as shown by a new EU Parliament report and a rising number of WTO dispute settlement cases. By Iana Dreyer.
OUTLOOK: Autumn 2015 EU trade policy agenda
Welcome back to work, trade folks! Iana Dreyer outlines what’s on the long to-do list of the European Union’s trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Brussels.
In brief: Next week – new round of Environmental Goods Agreement negotiations
Parties to the Environmental Goods Agreement will be holding a new round of negotiations over the liberalisation of tariffs on “green goods” next week (July 27-31) in Geneva. The aim of the seventeen WTO members parties to the talks is to conclude a deal ahead of the UN Paris climate summit in December …
‘Environmental goods’ trade talks: EU settles for limited ambition for December deadline
EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström outlined the EU’s current approach to the ‘environmental goods agreement’ under negotiation among seventeen World Trade Organization members. Realism in what can be achieved by an initial December deadline for concluding talks has set in, as Brussels aims for a two-step approach and a “living agreement” that can be updated over …
In Brief: WTO chief says Doha progress too slow
WTO Environmental Goods Agreement product list shaping up
Efforts to finalise an agreement for eliminating tariffs on so-called ‘green goods’ among 17 countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) gathered momentum after the participants zeroed in on an initial list of 600 products that will be subjected to intense – and challenging – negotiations early May. Ravi Kanth …
Blog: EU’s preferential services offer to least developed economies – devil in details
Last week’s EU initiative to offer preferential access to its services market to the least-developed-economies (LDCs) , mostly sub-Saharan African, which are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has created a buzz, and clearly is a positive move. Yet whether this is really a good offer for LDCs remains unclear: the sectors up for opening cited so far by …
