Outcomes from this week’s Trade and Technology Council will be seen as positive, but second or even third best to bilateral and multilateral deals. It is time to reset our evaluation of what are the best trade policy tools.
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TTC : beneath the Russia work, the China work continues
By Iana Dreyer with input from Rob Francis. The final version of the joint statement between the United States and the European Union released on Monday reveals a dense and complex work programme across the Atlantic.
EU, US to announce standardisation MoU amidst range of TTC novelties
The European Union and the United States have concluded their joint statement ahead of their second Trade and Technology Council meeting. Officials from Brussels and Washington will converge on Saclay near Paris on Sunday to sign off on a more than 50-page document, which they are due to unveil on …
Analysis – The EU-US Trade and Tech Council as the new ‘friend-shoring’ vehicle
The EU US Trade and Technology Council has somewhat fallen off global headlines amid the war in Ukraine and the related fallout for the global economy, global supply chains and global politics. But despite its structural weaknesses as a forum to deepen economic ties across the Atlantic, it is defying …
Vestager: TTC showing usefulness in wake of Russian war in Ukraine
Preparations are well underway for the next high-level meeting of the transatlantic Trade and Technology Council in France on 15-16 May. European Commission representatives praised the way in which the forum has facilitated bilateral contact between the EU and United States in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The …
Week in Brussels: EU Russia sanctions, Tai in Paris and Berlin, foreign subsidies
A horrendous week in European history…. The big, rough geopolitics of this world is affecting trade policy, as shown below. This week’s edition of Week in Brussels brought to you by Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Interview: United States and Europe can do a lot together in the Indo-Pacific
The United States will soon announce plans for an Indo-Pacific economic framework as part of its new strategy for the region. Europeans have also developed their own Indo-Pacific strategies. There is scope for transatlantic cooperation on trade and economic issues of common interest. Asia Society’s Wendy Cutler shares some thoughts …
Informal trade ministers meeting: EU on MC12, anti-coercion, TTC, FTAs
Here some key take-aways from today’s informal ‘FAC Trade’ held over the last two days in Marseille.
Week in Brussels: Oysters, tequila, TTC, Indonesia FTA
It’s been an intense week….with the meltdown in Northern Ireland over the EU UK Protocol, the WTO’s Okonjo-Iweala shaking up things in Geneva, the serious work now in full swing in the European Parliament on carbon border adjustment, the EU rolling out its ‘strategic autonomy’ agenda in a wide areas …
Week in Brussels: French presidency programme, Cross Channel food trade, Lithuania, Turkey
The trade policy world was comparatively quiet in Brussels as the Christmas break continued for many in the EU bubble in this first week of January 2022. More on what happened this week in EU trade by Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer below.
