Think tank R Street Associate Fellow Halie Craig in conversation with Borderlex on the potential direction of United States trade policy under Joe Biden – and what it could mean for future cooperation with the EU.
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Blueprint for a green trade agenda
A series of papers published by the think tank Europe Jacques Delors puts forward proposals that aim to strengthen environmental protection within an open international trading system. Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer exchanged views with one of the papers’ co-authors Geneviève Pons.
Interview: An inclusive transatlantic trade agenda
Borderlex spoke to Susan Danger, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, on what EU-United States trade relations might look like under president-elect Joe Biden’s future administration.
Ingredients for a climate-friendly trade policy
UC Berkeley economist Joseph Shapiro is of the view that trade policy is “sending the wrong price signal” by bolstering trade in dirty goods in comparison to cleaner products, especially in Europe. Speaking to Borderlex’s Sarah Anne Aarup, Shapiro said that rather than raising trade barriers on dirty goods, focusing …
Canada’s Plunkett: We’ve always been great multilateralists
Former Canadian ambassador to the European Union David Plunkett on the history of the the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – mostly known as CETA – and what it means for Canada and the European Union today. Plunkett spoke with Borderlex’s Sarah Anne Aarup and Iana Dreyer.
WTO director-general candidate Amina Mohamed: I have a record and it’s good
Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer spoke to one of the leading candidates in the current race to succeed Roberto Azevêdo at the helm of the World Trade Organization. Amina Mohamed is former Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya. She also served as ambassador to the WTO. Among others she acted as …
Marie-Pierre Vedrenne: Defending your trade interests is not protectionism
In a conversation with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer, MEP Marie-Pierre Vedrenne explains her thinking behind her widely-endorsed report that could turn the EU’s trade retaliatory ‘bazooka’ into something even bigger.
Interview: A new Energy Charter Treaty as a complement to the Paris Agreement
In an interview with Borderlex, the Energy Charter Treaty’s secretary-general Urban Rusnák said: “In one or two years I expect to have a new Energy Charter Treaty as complement to the Paris climate agreement.“
Lange: Spare a thought for developing countries in a post Corona trade world
The European Parliament’s international trade chair Bernd Lange in conversation with Borderlex’s Iana Dreyer. Topics: what’s on the agenda for the committee in the coming months and what needs to be done in a post-Corona trade world.
Stellinger: EU needs to lay foundations for the best possible trade conditions post-Corona
In an interview with Borderlex, the Swedish Confederation of Enterprise’s director of interntional and EU affairs Anna Stellinger says that current EU trade actions could determine how our societies work in the long term. Immediate action is needed to keep essential trade flows going.
