The number of trade issues facing the new US administration is strongly related to unchanging policy fundamentals, exacerbated but not created by the Trump administration, and unlikely to change under president Joe Biden, writes David Henig.
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Weyand to US: let’s work together on labour rights
The European Commissions director-general for trade Sabine Weyand also hopes to unlock a dialogue with the United States over the Appellate Body in the WTO by promising proposals on ‘judicial economy’ in February.
Week in Brussels: China deal furore, US suspends French digital tax duties, chides Italian taxes
This has been overall quiet and very cold week on the Brussels trade beat. Trade negotiators appear to have taken a bit of a breather after their Christmas break was upended due to historic trade and investment agreements with the United Kingdom and China being concluded at the very last …
US extends scope of Airbus sanctions, activates digital tax retaliation against France
The outgoing Trump administration has made what could be its final contribution to transatlantic trade relations by extending its existing ‘Airbus’ sanctions on EU imports to a range of additional products. It is also imposing a new set of sanctions against French products as a riposte against France’s new digital …
Week in Brussels: EU-UK, Turkey, EU-US
This has been Brexit week on both sides of the Channel. The dinner between Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson on Wednesday night did not bring us closer to a breakthrough on the most thorny issue of ‘the level playing field’.
The EU’s wish list for EU-US trade relations under Biden
The European Union is putting forward a minimalist bilateral trade agenda with the United States, choosing instead a to seek to work with Washington on broader global issues.
Week in Brussels: Strategic plan, lobster deal, EP on TPR, Australia, Mercosur
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 …
Week in Brussels: Lobster deal, EU UK deal, ASEAN, CETA, India, Mercosur
This has been quite the packed week in EU trade. Here some more. By Sarah Anne Aarup and Iana Dreyer.
Interview: An inclusive transatlantic trade agenda
Borderlex spoke to Susan Danger, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, on what EU-United States trade relations might look like under president-elect Joe Biden’s future administration.
O’Sullivan: Last chance to reset transatlantic relations
“The next four years are probably a last chance for the Europeans to reshape the transatlantic alliance for the 21st century,” former European Union ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan said. Speaking at the annual Spirits Summit on Wednesday (18 November), O’Sullivan—who was also director-general for DG Trade from 2005 …
