This week was dominated by the summit in Brussels between the EU, Latin America, and the Caribbean countries. Read our takeaway from the high-level powwow here. On Thursday (20 July) EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis met with US trade representative Katherine Tai to try and find a breakthrough in talks …
Supply chain due diligence & forced labour
Think tank: Russian LNG, Net Zero Industry Act, CSDD in Vietnam
This week it’s Brussels’ Bruegel that isn’t pulling any punches on critical EU policies on Russian gas and net-zero technologies. The Institute for European Environmental Policy is proposing ways to implement the new EU sustainability due diligence regulations in countries such as Vietnam.
Week in Brussels: Latin America, Making a forced labour ban work in customs
This week was dominated by the EU’s trade relations with South America as the European Commission presented a new strategy for the region. But not only.
Corporate sustainability due diligence: MEPs make it harder to sue directors
The European Parliament voted on the high-profile Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive. The voting contest involved extra last-minute centre-right amendments in plenary. The single one adopted in the end could, if it survives inter-institutional negotiations, make it harder to sue company directors.
EU-US TTC 4’s sustainability agenda: what it includes
The European Union and the United States established a joint work programme under the Transatlantic Initiative on Sustainable Trade – TIST – during the fourth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council in Luleå, Sweden. The TTC participants also agreed on a number of recommendations to eliminate forced labour. …
MEPs split along party lines over proposed forced labour ban
Clear fault lines are developing between the different political factions in the European Parliament over the scope and impact on the proposed EU ban on products made with forced labour.
Week in Brussels: Forced labour, GSP, Mercosur dilly dallying
It’s been a big week for those looking at supply chain management, with the corporate sustainability due diligence regulation moving ahead in in parliament and MEPs starting to look at the EU’s planned forced labour product ban. Also the international trade committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of …
Corporate due diligence: MEPs vote to lower company size threshold
The European Parliament’s lead committee on corporate sustainability due diligence today proposed to broaden the scope of companies which will need to carry out due diligence operations when new EU legislation comes into effect. MEPs in the legal affairs committee voted with 19 votes for, three against, and three abstentions, …
Week in Brussels: TSD cooperation, EU-US, India, due diligence
Here some notable developments in EU trade policy in this quiet Easter week.