Economic security in the Indo-Pacific region, the WTO’s plurilaterals and border carbon adjustment mechanisms (again!) have been in the spotlight this week among international think tanks.
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UK to quit Energy Charter Treaty if reforms not adopted
The United Kingdom has signalled its intention to “review” its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty, placing the continuing existence of the ill-fated agreement in further jeopardy.
Week Ahead: EU GSP review, WTO investment facilitation
Welcome back to our weekly Week Ahead column for a preview of key meetings to watch on the EU, UK and WTO trade policy beat. A sneak peak of this rentrée week by Chris Horseman and Rob Francis.
Week in Brussels: Australia, Ukraine, next EU commission, circumventions
This week officially marked the “rentrée”, when (most) EU officials are back at the desks and the EU institutions become fully operational. And it will be a busy autumn – check out our preview of the EU legislative and trade negotiation agenda for the next few months. This week some …
Week in London: Food import border check delay’s fine print, steel anti-dumping
This week in London: the details of the UK’s coming new sanitary and phytosanitary border control regime for agriculture imports, and continued steel anti-dumping duties.
THINK TANK: Border carbon measures, digital trade, interdependencies
In this week’s think tank column: carbon border adjustment, digital services trade and ‘strategic autonomy’.
Perspectives: Europe needs to brace for durable divergence on trade policy with US
Proposals to raise tariffs all-round by presidential candidate Donald Trump, the release of a book by his former trade representative Robert Lighthizer, and a speech of the current holder of that position at the G20 Trade Ministers meeting show the extent of trade and WTO-scepticism in the United States. The …
Autumn 2023: WTO members begin countdown to MC13
One event above all will be focusing the minds of WTO officials and negotiators as they return to Geneva after their summer break – the thirteenth WTO ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi on February 26-29 next year. Nearly all of the various dossiers which are currently under discussion within the …
Autumn 2023: EU closing in on free trade agreements?
The current geopolitical situation has provided a new impetus to the EU’s trade agreement negotiations with third countries – and the EU will close in with some key trade agreements that have long been under preparation. A strategic deal with Australia still hangs in the balance.
Autumn 2023: Economic security, climate policy to dominate EU trade agenda
As autumn lurks around the corner in Europe, the EU will be aiming to finalise major remaining legislative files before the institutions break for European elections during the spring 2024. Economic security and finalising an ambitious von der Leyen commission ‘sustainable’ trade agenda will be at the top of Brussels’ …
