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A week in Brussels Deforestation EU Carbon Border Measure Latest news Public procurement

Week in Brussels: Strategic Compass, Procurement, CBAM, deforestation

There is fairly little to report back on in matters trade policy in this week of massive high-level meetings in Brussels: a NATO summit, G7 meeting, Council and US president Joe Biden attending all these. There is simply no appetite in the EU –  mainly Germany – to further restrict …

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IPI: MEPs concede in clause that would have diminished foreign influence in capitals

In a few weeks or months the European Union will have a new regulation in place that aims at fostering ‘reciprocity’ in public procurement markets. French minister for trade Franck Riester, who led trilogue talks on behalf of the French presidency of the Council, announced triumphantly that, with the political …

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International procurement: trilogue negotiators aim for end-of-March conclusion

Trilogue negotiations on the long-awaited international procurement instrument are “advancing very well”, a French presidency source recently assured Borderlex. But whether France’s ambition to get the piece of legislation finalised by the end of March – i.e. in four weeks’ time – can be met still remains to be seen. …

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UK braced for trade dispute with EU over wind turbine procurement

The European Commission is considering taking legal action against the United Kingdom over local content requirements in a flagship green energy contract scheme. Although no decision has yet been taken by the Commission, the EU executive has long been known to be unhappy about a programme which it sees as …

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IPI: MEPs take hard line on exceptions, except for poor countries

The trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its new position on the International Procurement Instrument. The piece of legislation is part of EU efforts to foster ‘reciprocity’ in market access for its firms in international public procurement markets. MEPs consider that there shall be no exceptions to excluding or …