News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, May 15, 2021
An overview of key trade policy meetings this week in Europe. By Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer. First steps towards EU-UK truce on Northern Ireland? The United Kingdom government this week faces a Saturday (15 May) deadline for presenting its response to the EU’s legal challenge over UK implementation of …
Overview of key news items this week in EU trade by Iana Dreyer and Nikos Lavranos.
By Iana Dreyer and Chris Horseman. Commission celebrates its own trade policy The week is starting with the annual EU Trade Policy Days, where WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will make opening remarks. The gathering organised every year – this year online – by the Commission is a good moment to …
An overview of selected EU, WTO and UK trade meetings to watch this week. By Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer. EU Chile FTA This week EU and Chilean negotiators are meeting for Round 10 of their bilateral free trade agreement upgrade negotiations. Santiago hopes this will be the decisive round …
It will be a particularly active week today on the Brussels trade front. EU-UK TCA, Northern Ireland, INTA committee The EU-UK machinery might be getting back into gear amidst noises that London and Brussels are working constructively on a settlement on how to resolve current implementation issues. The European Parliament …
Borderlex is pleased to partner with the Geneva-based Trade Policy Exchange for a fascinating conversation: how to make trade rules and the fight against climate change better compatible at the World Trade Organization. The event will feature Jim Bacchus from the Centre for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the …
Up until the end of last year, the UK was part of the EU single market, and British traders had enjoyed frictionless trade with Europe for several decades. But all of that has now changed. Customs formalities are a fact of life, with paperwork to be filled in whether you’re …
By Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer. Be prepared for an intense week in trade policy. Over in the United States, new USTR Katherine Tai, who started in her new job last Friday, will be gradually taking over – we might start seeing movement or developments in many critical transatlantic files. …
Disagreements over fisheries nearly sunk last year’s trade negotiations between the UK and the EU. A deal was eventually signed, which repatriated some – but not all – of the fish resources in UK waters back to UK control.
So what is awaiting us this week in trade? Here some items to watch out for. Airbus Boeing tariff relief, (but where is China?) We still have not seen the schedules of the EU China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. They have been promised by the Commission for mid February, then …
