News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, April 26, 2025
MPIA state of play EU appeals ‘into void’ in Russia anti-dumping dispute To many, the move will seem highly ironic. The EU is not pleased with a July WTO panel ruling regarding anti-dumping duties on ammonium nitrate and steel pipes in a case filed by Russia – so it is …
So Washington will slap 25% tariffs on French and German jams, fruit, liqueurs, pork meats and knives following a revision process of its tariffs imposed on aircraft and food and drink products following its victory in the World Trade Organization case brought against the EU subsidies to Airbus. Five quick …
On Friday a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel established at the behest of Russia ruled that the European Union’s ‘cost adjustment methodology’ relating to how it accounts for raw material input costs on exports of products it deems ‘dumped’ was not compliant with the global trade rule-book. The ruling …
In many ways this has been a week full of trade defence news: the first European Court of Auditors report on EU trade defence policy was released this week, and Turkey decided to go to court in Geneva over the EU’s steel safeguard. There is also the ever-simmering tariff guerilla …
Turkey has decided to litigate. Earlier this year, Ankara requested consultations with the European Union as Brussels revised for the second time a contentious safeguard on steel imports introduced initially in 2018. The measures were taken in response to the United States’ decision back then to restrict imports of steel …
So it looks like there is no obvious European Union candidate left to pull out of the hat like a rabbit ahead of next week’s deadline to file CVs for the director-general role for the World Trade Organization. With Hogan having pulled out of the race, and former ITC chief …
The European Commission clearly fears the European Parliament could sabotage its attempt at getting an amended so-called ‘enforcement regulation’ up and running quickly. The EU wants to upgrade its legal arsenal to be able to respond to situations where a country blocks legal proceedings in the World Trade Organization’s Appellate …
The United States are currently threatening new tariffs on neighbours and allies left, right, front and centre. It’s clearly election campaign season for an embattled US president Donald Trump. Signs are European Union efforts to find some form of ‘settlement’ with the US on aircraft subsidies have been in vain, …
For those interested in the issue of whether invoking national security lets WTO members get away with not complying with the multilateral trade rule-book, the institution’s second panel report on this issue released today in Geneva might give you some guidance: national security is not a free-for-all. A first report …
European Union trade commissioner Phil Hogan announced he wanted a reset of trade relations with the United States during an interactive session with an e-audience of hundreds of listeners convened by the Irish think tank Institute on International and Economic Affairs on Wednesday. The two have plenty to talk about …
