Member states have collectively agreed they want to water down the European Commission’s planned anti-coercion instrument.
Anti-coercion instrument
Anti-coercion instrument : EU capitals eye deal within weeks
The European Parliament is ready to enter inter-institutional trilogue negotiations with the Council on the EU’s planned anti-coercion legislation after a vote in committee and a decision in plenary this week. Member states are not quite there yet. But they hope to seal a deal among themselves in November and …
Anti-coercion instrument: MEPs dig in on European Commission powers
The international trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its position on the coming anti-coercion instrument in preparation for future negotiations with member states as it prepares for a likely showdown with EU capitals over the European Commission’s powers in this file.
Week in Brussels: MC12, India, Energy Charter Treaty, Chile, anti-coercion
The fact that the international trade policy community’s attention was all on MC12 in Geneva throughout the week does not mean there weren’t other meaningful news on trade and investment policy in Brussels. More below from Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Anti-coercion: what MEPs want from the new instrument
The legislative saga of the coming anti-coercion instrument has now begun. The regulation was tabled in December last year. The EU’s member states will likely take their time in defining their response to the European Commission’s regulatory proposal for what is termed the ‘ACI’ in the jargon. But the European …
Week in Brussels: forced labour ban, EU views on MC12, anti-coercion instrument
One can’t say the European Parliament is not working diligently. It shows in this week’s range of trade-related activities. It approved lifting import duties on Ukraine and expedited its work on the GSP regulation overhaul. Below is a selection of what else happened on trade in parliament this week. By …
Week in Brussels: anti-coercion, GSP wrangles, forced labour, India
A few notable developments in EU trade policy this week. By Rob Francis an Iana Dreyer.
Anti-coercion : Lange report seeks to give even more ammunition to EU
The European Parliament is on a path to making the EU’s planned anti-coercion instrument even tougher than envisaged by the European Commission – and putting it most likely at loggerheads with the Council.
Week in Brussels: CBAM controversy, anti-coercion instrument, EP Africa report
While – quite understandably – much attention was paid to the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the traditional trade policy churn in Brussels did not stop. Selected updates below, by Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
COMMENT – Ostrich policy : the EU’s anti-coercion instrument risks becoming a damp squib
The anti-coercion instrument that the European Commission is proposing for adoption this year coinciding with a crisis with China over its economic bullying of Lithuania is not only a risky institutional power transfer – it might end up being a damp squib.
