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.
An overview of selected EU, WTO and UK trade meetings to watch this week. By Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer. EU Chile FTA This week EU and Chilean negotiators are meeting for Round 10 of their bilateral free trade agreement upgrade negotiations. Santiago hopes this will be the decisive round …
This has been an intense week in European Union trade policy, with the continuous transatlantic file rolling on, a lot of action in Geneva, the EU and the ACP group finally concluding their post-Cotonou agreement and the European Parliament active on a variety of trade files. MEPs voted to resume …
The European Union and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries concluded negotiations to update the framework agreement that shapes their political and economic relationships on Thursday (15 April 2021). This post-Cotonou agreement is all about political cooperation on anything ranging from human rights to migration to ‘peace and …
United States-European Union political relations have seen a noticeable improvement since Joe Biden took over at the White House in Washington. Discussions are intense in the area of climate change and on security – not least on international sanctions. On the trade policy front there was one US gesture that …
New United States proposals on minimum corporation tax and digital sales are a welcome return to multilateralism, but Washington’s priority seems to be delivering domestic results rather than international cooperation. This remains a challenge to which the European Union and the United Kingdom now have to respond.
The European Parliament’s political group leaders have met today to decide what to do next about the ratification of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. These are the next steps: the foreign affairs committee and the international trade committee will vote on the deal on Thursday (15 April 2021). The …
The Energy Charter Treaty needs to make a success of its ongoing modernisation process in the coming five years, writes Urban Rusnák.
It will be a particularly active week today on the Brussels trade front. EU-UK TCA, Northern Ireland, INTA committee The EU-UK machinery might be getting back into gear amidst noises that London and Brussels are working constructively on a settlement on how to resolve current implementation issues. The European Parliament …
It’s been a slow start after Easter, but the trade policy machinery in Brussels is gradually getting back into gear. Turkey Only a few weeks into calmer waters a new storm broke out in the EU-Turkey relationship. While the news is about about protocol matters and Sofa Gate, one of …
