News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The EU-Mercosur Association Agreement is being much talked about and commented on in Europe. But little is actually happening concretely on the path towards ratification of a controversial political and trade agreement that was inked in the summer 2019.
As everyone in Europe prepares for a second semi-locked down COVID-19 Easter, one must say it hasn’t been the most glorious of trade weeks for the European Union – except for a specific CETA performance.
Around 450 NGOs, labour unions, civil rights organisations on both sides of the Atlantic have launched a common campaign aiming to bring down the EU Mercosur Association Agreement which the Commission and South American governments are preparing to ratify, pending further negotiations of a protocol that would involve cooperation in …
France is holding the key cards among European Union member states in having the long-awaited EU Mercosur trade pact ratified – perhaps one day – in Europe.
Africa, Latin America, India, procurement: what the EU is planning to do in its international trade diplomacy in this area.
Faced with the prospect of a trade agreement with four South American countries that has taken more than twenty years to negotiate being voted down amidst wide-spread public opinion fear it might set ablaze the Amazon forest, the European Commission has taken the initiative. And it wants to move fast …
Good afternoon, an overview of interesting trade policy developments in Brussels this week. 35% of EU exports to be covered by trade agreements in 2024 and other strategic objectives The European Commission’s trade directorate released its 2020 ‘Strategic Plan’ this week. The document spells out how the body will approach …
This has been quite the packed week in EU trade. Here some more. By Sarah Anne Aarup and Iana Dreyer.
A vote on a low-key European Parliament report this week turned into a major battle over the direction of trade policy in a post COVID-19 world. It worked as a catalyst, revealing growing rifts reaching right into the political centre-ground on European trade politics in a turbulent time. Green goals …
If you think that, because Valdis Dombrovski’s nomination to become the next trade commissioner of the EU was relatively smooth sailing in the European Parliament, MEPs will make life easy for him, you are mistaken. A group of MEPs had amendments successfully adopted in a plenary vote on Tuesday (6 …
