News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Thursday, October 28, 2021
It is probably fair to say that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK has received a ‘mixed’ welcome from the various business sectors since its conclusion on Christmas Eve, and its entry into force on 1 January. But for the digital and tech sector in the …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.“
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.
