News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Legal analysis commissioned by Aegis Europe, an industry alliance incorporating more than 20 European manufacturing associations , argues that continuing free CO2-emitting allowances within the EU’s emissions trading scheme and a carbon border adjustment mechanism are compatible with World Trade Organization rules. The studies carried out by to law firms …
The European Commission is seeking to convince sceptics on both sides of the debate on the future of the Energy Charter Treaty that negotiations to ‘modernise’ the body of rules that underpin it are making progress. And it seems that the negotiation process launched in 2020 is indeed gradually moving …
Brussels and Ankara are sitting down for two days on Thursday and Friday (8 & 9 July) for the annual meeting of their 1995 EU Turkey customs union joint committee. Among others, they will re-start a conversation on modernising their trade arrangements.
July 2021 is the month everyone has been waiting for: the EU will officially unveil its carbon border adjustment mechanism. Draft plans were leaked already – now the Big Brussels Lobbying can begin. Also, to round of this intense week in trade policy, some fresh data on EU COVID-19 vaccine …
The European Commission is planning to oblige EU importers of cement, electricity, fertilisers, iron, steel, and aluminium from third countries to purchase annual emission allowances, the cost of which will depend on the degree of emissions embedded in the final product.
The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body today approved Malaysia’s request for the establishment of a panel to resolve the country’s dispute with the European Union, France, and Lithuania regarding their refusal to classify palm oil and oil palm-based biofuels as renewable energy sources.
The European Union and Japan held a bilateral summit on Thursday (27 May 2021), which ostensibly aimed to give new impetus to an already rich and diverse economic and political relationship.
The Energy Charter Treaty needs to make a success of its ongoing modernisation process in the coming five years, writes Urban Rusnák.
It’s been a slow start after Easter, but the trade policy machinery in Brussels is gradually getting back into gear. Turkey Only a few weeks into calmer waters a new storm broke out in the EU-Turkey relationship. While the news is about about protocol matters and Sofa Gate, one of …
For the EU’s ambitious climate policy to be successful, the EU must join forces with as many international partners as possible in a climate club. In this club members agree on a minimum price for CO2 emissions, trade freely amongst themselves, but apply a carbon border adjustment mechanism – or …
