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Brexit & UK trade, Latest news, Perspectives
Perspectives: UK trade policy – stronger opposition needed for better results
2 weeks ago 0 commentsRecent changes to the powers of the United Kingdom’s Trade Remedies Authority and last-minute hiccups in its prized accession to the CPTPP hide a deeper truth about the country’s trade policy.
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Free comment, Industrial policy and raw materials, Internal EU politics, Latest news, United States
Opinion: Stop obsessing about Washington, make better climate, China policies
2 weeks ago 0 commentsThe European Commission obtained very little from Washington in terms of concessions on the Inflation Reduction Act this week. There is in fact, little the EU can do to see the United States change course. In many ways the whole diplomatic episode around US clean tech subsidies that began in …
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EU trade policies, Latest news, Perspectives
Perspectives: Green and resilient industry challenge requires stable policy mix
4 weeks ago 0 commentsEU policy makers need to think more long-term about their policy mix to achieve industrial competitiveness, greening and resilience. Knee-jerk reactions to what others are doing are not the way to go.
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Free comment, Latest news, WTO crisis and reform
WTO reform: the quest to rescue multilateralism
1 month ago 0 commentsSome 28 years after it came into existence, the World Trade Organization is facing something of an existential crisis. Where are the prospects for current institutional reform efforts?
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Exclusive Interviews, Latest news, United States
INTERVIEW – Schwab: EU, US should focus on issues of mutual interest
1 month ago 0 commentsSusan Schwab, chair of the board of directors of the National Foreign Trade Council and former United States Trade Representative, sat down with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer in Washington to discuss US-China and EU US relations.
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EU carbon border levy edges closer to implementation
09/02/2023The European Parliament’s environment committee approved the inter-institutional agreement on the EU’s planned carbon border [...] -
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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