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Commentary - all, Editor's Take, Latest news
Editor’s take: Nobody is picking up the baton on digital trade ground rules
6 days ago Comments are DisabledNineteen agricultural exporting countries, including Brazil, Canada, India, Japan and the United States, warned the European Union that its plans to tighten limits on pesticide residues in imported food are inconsistent with global trade rules. In a joint letter seen by Borderlex, the countries’ heads of mission to the EU …
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China, Commentary - all, Latest news
Opinion: EU, China, and the illusion of choice
2 weeks ago 0 commentsThe EU and China are locked in negotiations on rebalancing their trading relationship. But whilst the EU appears willing to hold off from making any difficult decisions, for Beijing it is business as usual.
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Events, Latest news
EVENT: Digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, EU trade policy agenda
2 weeks ago 0 commentsDigital sovereignty and the future of trade policy – 24 September 2026 Borderlex, in collaboration with VVGB Advocaten, is hosting a half-day seminar in Brussels on the trade and investment law implications of Europe’s digital sovereignty and cybersecurity agenda.
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EU trade policy, Latest news
Trade truce, new frictions: what’s ahead for Brussels this autumn
4 weeks ago 0 commentsBrussels heads into autumn with one trade war brewing and another simmering. Tariff pressure from Washington has stabilised for now, but Beijing is fast overtaking the United States as the bloc’s biggest trade headache, while a Brazilian animal-product ban and a packed free trade agenda add to the workload.
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Editor's Take, Latest news, United States, US UK
Editor’s Take: Origin determination – the next trade battle with the US?
1 month ago 0 commentsThe White House’s freshly announced national security tariffs on drones and their components appear to mainly target China’s surging industrial lead in the sector. Trade deal ‘partners’ such as the European Union will be given the tariff levels already guaranteed to them. So there will be no fresh tariff war …
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