News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The countdown to likely countervailing duties on imports of electric vehicles from China has officially begun. The anti-subsidy investigation into imports of cars announced mid-September by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was published this morning in the European Union’s statute book.
The week in Brussels has been dominated by the spat over imports of grain from Ukraine. But much more happened…
Trade war, no trade war or war of the brands? What’s really at stake with the coming new anti-subsidy investigation of the EU into Chinese electric vehicles imported into the EU?
Seventeen countries from the Americas, Asia, and Africa wrote to EU leaders at the end of last week expressing “deep concern” at the entry into force of the bloc’s deforestation-free products legislation. In the letter dated 7 September the signatories say the new law “disregards local circumstances and capabilities, national legislations, …
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.
In this week’s think tank column: carbon border adjustment, digital services trade and ‘strategic autonomy’.
Welcome back to Borderlex after its small team took a much needed summer break ahead of a packed autumn of trade news to expect in Brussels, London and at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The most notable news thus far in this scorching-hot European summer is the reignition of …
This week think tanks’ focus is on critical raw materials strategies, EU ASEAN relations… and more TSD. By Maia Wilson and Iana Dreyer.
The European Commission has announced that the EU and its member states will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty. This move probably heralds the end of the ECT and will leave a legal and political mess behind.
The EU is wrapping up a range of critical files before closing for the summer… and for EU-wide elections in 2024. On the menu this week: EU withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty, New Zealand pact ratification, EU Australia FTA talks, EU retaliation against Indonesia, and FTA talks with the very …
