News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
There was much internal wrangling in the European Commission over the issue of whether and under what conditions to extend a temporary import safeguard on products whose imports were liberalised last year under the EU Ukraine trade agreement or are part of a dedicated road corridor to help the war-torn …
This week was dominated by the fourth Trade and Technology Council meeting and the adoption by the European Parliament of its position on the coming corporate sustainability due diligence legislation. The European Political Community summit in Moldova was conspicuously void of any outcome in this field. Here is what else …
The European Parliament voted on the high-profile Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive. The voting contest involved extra last-minute centre-right amendments in plenary. The single one adopted in the end could, if it survives inter-institutional negotiations, make it harder to sue company directors.
The European Union and the United States established a joint work programme under the Transatlantic Initiative on Sustainable Trade – TIST – during the fourth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council in Luleå, Sweden. The TTC participants also agreed on a number of recommendations to eliminate forced labour. …
EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said that he backs a prolongation to the current rules which prevent Ukrainian grain from entering five EU member states and being placed on their markets. But he faces resistance.
This has been a dense week in EU trade, with US relationships, Ukraine and Switzerland dominating the picture. But there’s a lot of other things going on….
Brussels and Washington will announce a slew of small-scale deals at next week’s EU-US trade and Technology Council in Luleå Sweden.
EU trade ministers gathered today for one of their twice-yearly meetings in Brussels. Whilst often these meetings are a mere information exchange mechanism, this gathering yielded a few concrete decisions.
Clear fault lines are developing between the different political factions in the European Parliament over the scope and impact on the proposed EU ban on products made with forced labour.
Brussels is gearing up for the 4th official meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council – referred to by those in the know as ‘TT4’ – which will be held next week on 30-31 May in Luleå, Sweden. The TTC working groups are “reaching a stage where all the …
