News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The European Parliament’s rapporteur on the proposed EU carbon border adjustment mechanism is insisting that only countries with “explicit carbon pricing policies” be exempt from the scheme, which is expected to start operation on 1 January next year. This is only one of a series of measures put forward that …
The European Parliament is bracing for a battle over the date of coming into force of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism and related phase-out of domestic free emissions trading allowances. Other issues MEPs will fight over in the CBAM file are the final use of the money the EU …
BusinessEurope, the European business umbrella group is calling for free allowances under the EU’s emissions trading scheme to be kept in place until at least 2030 and for industry to be granted export credits once the European Commission’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism enters into force.
No time to listen into European Parliament committee meetings the whole day? Here’s a distillation of yesterday’s INTA Committee meeting.
Under-the-radar but important trade policy news for you in this Week in Brussels column. By Rob Francis and a little bit of extra input from Iana Dreyer. Section 232 talks with US continue as Commission eyes temporary solution Only two days before the Commission’s self-set deadline to finalise negotiations with …
As global attention turns to climate change and the COP26 summit, the EU’s proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is to be welcomed for advancing the debate on how concretely trade policy can help the fight against climate change from theory to action.
As decision-makers in Brussels prepare to debate and amend the European Commission’s proposal on a carbon border mechanism in the coming months, lobbyists are already mapping out their messages and key lines of argument – with WTO- compatibility a key element.
A selected set of notable developments in EU trade policy by Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Iana Dreyer and Robert Francis talked to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Chair Bernd Lange on what’s next for transatlantic relations and for the World Trade Organisation. He also shared views on the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism and Generalised System of Preferences. We are now several months into …
In today’s first public exchange of views in the European Parliament on the European Commission’s proposed carbon border adjustment measure, MEPs raised issues related to competitiveness and jobs, the timeline for phasing out free allocation of emissions, the sectors covered by the proposal, and export rebates.
