News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The European Commission is asking member states to “conduct collective risk assessments” in the areas of advanced semiconductor technologies, artificial intelligence, quantum and biotechnologies by the end of 2023. The recommendation, which, as its name indicates is not a piece of hard law, is the first attempt at rolling out …
In this week’s think tank column: carbon border adjustment, digital services trade and ‘strategic autonomy’.
The EU and Japan vowed to finalise ongoing bilateral negotiations on data flows as part of their bilateral trade agreement known as EPA and to facilitate the conclusion of plurilateral negotiations on an agreement on e-commerce in the World Trade Organization. They also adopted ‘digital principles’ that will guide their …
The fourth meeting of the EU-US mega-talk shop called the Trade and Technology Council in Sweden has, in the eyes of most observers, been the most productive of them all so far. Although it hasn’t delivered on some big-ticket items, a slew of small deals and initiatives start revealing its …
The ongoing Trade and Technology Council is not useless. Its promise rather goes beyond the current generation of bilateral irritants. Such longtermism can hold its value in a policy climate where local politics and Indo-Pacific take precedence over global trade and Europe, write Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker.
This week’s selection of interesting think tank pieces on international trade. By Maia Wilson and Iana Dreyer.
The EU and India agreed on a number of trade and investment policy cooperation topics for the next twelve months during their inaugural Trade and Technology Council meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. They are also aiming to conclude a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the semiconductors sector by September …
After a few weeks of being fairly quiet, think tanks doing things on trade policy have been churning out reports again – long or short – on some big-ticket items: WTO reform, EU data flows and EU Turkey relations.
Think tankers have been busy, with gender, investment and digital overarching themes. A selection of the latest work by international trade policy think tanks by Maia Wilson, with some input from Iana Dreyer.
The four countries of the European Free Trade Area are entering the new Singapore-led digital trade agreement bandwagon.
