The announcement of a new EU-US Trade and Technology Council at the EU-US summit in Brussels this week was generally well received by relevant stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic. But the new transatlantic body is still merely a concept on paper – and little is known about how …
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Week in Brussels: UK Contact Group, Vietnam FTA, digital platform sellouts
European Parliament sets up new UK Contact Group; EU Vietnam civil society dialogue postponed until further notice; France, Germany and Netherlands want even tougher rules on company takeovers by digital platforms.
US digital tax postponement raises hopes for positive EU-US summit
The European Union and the United States are preparing to host their first bilateral summit in years, with president Biden coming in person to Brussels mid-June to seek to boost the transatlantic relationship. The political noises around a variety of ‘trade’ and ‘trade-and-tech’ files that will make it to the …
Week in Brussels : G7, digital deals, China, Taiwan, TDI
It’s been another intense week on the EU trade beat, with a revamped partnership with Japan, the collapse of EU Switzerland talks, MEPs voting on trade and health, and much more. Here other notable developments or bits of news on EU trade and G7, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and trade …
G7 agrees to ‘data free flow with trust’ roadmap
Ministers of the rich world have vowed to work together on setting global standards for digital supply chains. G7 ministers in charge of digital affairs gathered at a meeting hosted by United Kingdom on Wednesday (28 April 2021). The leaders “decided to place the needs of open, democratic societies at …
Will the EU-US conversation on tech and trade take off?
To divert a phrase by former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Garner: last week-end the United States Trade Representative defused some hand grenades, but kept some ticking.
EU, US to resume data framework negotiations amidst slow pickup in trade conversation
The US and EU are talking again on critical trade files, but dialogue is picking up in a piecemeal way.
Week in Brussels: Digital and artificial intelligence dominate trade debate
This has been a week of intense debate on international trade and the regulation of the digital economy .
Week in Brussels: China deal furore, US suspends French digital tax duties, chides Italian taxes
This has been overall quiet and very cold week on the Brussels trade beat. Trade negotiators appear to have taken a bit of a breather after their Christmas break was upended due to historic trade and investment agreements with the United Kingdom and China being concluded at the very last …
EU Digital Governance Act seen as creating onerous data transfer conditions
It’s been quite a journey within the European Commission. Today’s final version of the EU’s long-awaited Data Governance Act organises the EU’s ‘data economy’, setting rules on how personal and other sensitive data are shared and handled across the single market. The aim is both to stimulate data sharing and …