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Latest news, Perspectives, World Trade Organization, WTO crisis and reform
Perspectives: Adjusting to a new world of trade rules
2 days ago 0 commentsComplexity and ambiguity are the new reality of global trade policy.
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Export controls dual use, Latest news, Security, Think Tank
THINK TANK: The weaponisation of trade
3 days ago 0 commentsForeign 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 …
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Free comment, Latest news, WTO dispute settlement
Comment: Hong Kong vs US – small is beautiful in the WTO
2 weeks ago 0 commentsA World Trade Organization panel recently ruled in favour of Hong Kong in a dispute with the US regarding a requirement that imported goods should be marked as being of ‘China’ origin rather than ‘Hong Kong’ as hitherto. The panel upheld the rights of a small economy against the most …
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Asia, Asia Trade column, Latest news
ASIA TRADE: What’s in store for Asia-Pacific trade agreements in 2023
2 weeks ago 0 commentsMuch of Asia is preparing to usher in the year of the rabbit this coming weekend. Expect much movement on the trade agreement front as the region returns to a post-pandemic normality.
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'Week Ahead' and trade agenda, Latest news, UK trade politics, UK WTO & 3rd countries
UK trade policy 2023 preview: India, CPTPP accession, normalising EU ties
4 weeks ago 0 commentsThe United Kingdom can be expected to to prioritise sealing a preliminary trade agreement with India, joining CPTPP and stabilise its relationships with the European Union in 2023.
Latest news
CBAM
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CBAM: Proponents in relentless push to include export rebates
19/01/2023The final text of the agreement on the EU’s carbon border measure is expected to be ready in early [...] -
CBAM deal leaves room for support for exporters, emergency free emission allowances
19/12/2022EU legislators over the weekend reached a provisional agreement on the final details concerning the EU’s planned levy on [...] -
What’s in the CBAM trilogue deal
13/12/2022Product scope expansion and where the raised money should go: the details last night’s carbon border adjustment trilogue [...]
- CBAM: complex interinstitutional negotiations to extend far into December
- Week in Brussels: Mercosur, Kyrgyrzstan GSP Plus status, Dutch on CBAM
- Carbon border adjustment: EU institutions eye year-end legislative deal
EU deforestation regulation
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Week in Brussels: Latin American FTAs, trilogue troubles, Brit subsidy and cyber worries
27/01/2023It’s been a dense and intense week in EU trade. Here a few snippets. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer. Sweden wants those FTAs [...] -
Deforestation regulation: the deal that was landed
06/12/2022EU legislators reached a deal in the early hours of Tuesday morning (6 December) on new legislation which would ban products that [...] -
In brief – Deforestation regulation: institutions settle on product scope, compliance date
06/12/2022The three European Union institutions have settled on the final details of the bloc’s flagship deforestation regulation. The [...]
- European Parliament votes to widen deforestation legislation scope
- Mercosur: EU hopes to revive trade agreement after Brazil elections
- Week in Brussels: Deforestation regulation outcry, steel safeguard revision, Petriccione loss
EU Latin America
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Week in Brussels: Latin American FTAs, trilogue troubles, Brit subsidy and cyber worries
27/01/2023It’s been a dense and intense week in EU trade. Here a few snippets. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer. Sweden wants those FTAs [...] -
WTO: EU claims victory over Colombia in first-ever MPIA arbitration case
21/12/2022The European Commission has claimed victory “in substance” in the first ever WTO dispute settlement case to be referred to [...] -
Analysis: Pecularities of the upgraded EU Chile trade agreement
21/12/2022The EU and Chile recently concluded negotiations to upgrade a twenty-year old Association Agreement that includes a free trade [...]
- Week in Brussels: Swedish EU presidency, India FTA, Singapore digital deal, Chile FTA text, Russia sanctions
- EU, Chile seal trade deal upgrade
- Week in Brussels: Spain trade ambitions, civil society in SADC EPA, EU Switzerland