The EU trade policy machinery is definitely back in action after a slow-ish start to the year. Here some selected updates on developments this week by Iana Dreyer and Rob Francis.
A week in Brussels
Week in Brussels: French presidency programme, Cross Channel food trade, Lithuania, Turkey
The trade policy world was comparatively quiet in Brussels as the Christmas break continued for many in the EU bubble in this first week of January 2022. More on what happened this week in EU trade by Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer below.
Week in Brussels: Russia WTO dispute now on, steel safeguard revision, aluminium
Borderlex will be in recess as of tomorrow (22 December) for about a fortnight due to the festive season. So we are fast-forwarding our usual Friday Week in Brussels column for you…
Week in Brussels: Angola, Ghana, ECT, Chinese subsidies in steel wind towers and glass fiber
That was a big week in EU policy. There was an intense European Parliament plenary session during which legislation that will affect trade policy and transatlantic or EU China relations, namely the Digital Markets and Digital Services act as well as the International Procurement Instrument. But there have been other …
Week in Brussels: Transatlantic competition, CBAM concerns, ESA EPA upgrade
It’s been a very transatlantic week, with a slight African bent. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Week in Brussels: Indonesia, Singapore DAG, LatAm, supply chain due diligence
It’s been quite the busy week on the Brussels trade beat, with, among others, key trade files making headway in the European Parliament’s international trade committee: international procurement and carbon border adjustment. Also the EU, US and Japan revived their legendary ‘non market economy’ trilateral. Here other bits of interesting …
Week in Brussels: WTO focus, 1st civil society meeting on EU UK TCA
It’s been a week focusing on the 12th ministerial conference of the WTO in Geneva, which will start in a few days. The European Parliament voted on its resolution on the file and the Commission reaching out to media to put out its view on what it wants from the …
Week in Brussels: MEP deforestation product wish list, TDI, Energy Charter Treaty
The fight over climate and trade policy is now on, with business, MEPs, NGOs, the EU and its fellow Energy Charter Treaty members and other players pushing in various directions…. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Week in Brussels: EU Vietnam civil society meet, Russian birch plywood, Euromed impact
This week’s trade minister meeting in Brussels was a rather grumpy family gathering ahead of ‘decision time’ for small but strategic trade agreements with Chile (lithium anyone?), New Zealand and Australia. Here are some other interesting developments. EU and Vietnam hold their first FTA civil society group meetings The first …
Week in Brussels: EU-US jet-setting, transatlantic agriculture collaboration
This week has been quiet in Brussels – so quiet in fact, that some of the coffee shops around the EU area took advantage of the holiday week and closed their doors for the duration. But the transatlantic policy churn continued unabated.
