News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Brussels has vociferously criticised provisions in the recently enacted US Inflation Reduction Act that provide a subsidy to consumers buying vehicles assembled in North America. EU leaders should be cautious in how they now proceed and avoid disagreements over climate change measures that descend into endless Airbus-Boeing style trade disputes.
It’s a week where China and the United States came back into focus in EU trade policy after weeks of almost exclusively dealing with Ukraine war-related trade files and the World Trade Organization.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Here some key take-aways from today’s informal ‘FAC Trade’ held over the last two days in Marseille.
