The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s supply chain agreement has lofty intentions. But it will require sustained involvement of firms to produce results.
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THINK TANK: East Asia trilateral, JSIs, UK and EU CBAMs
Economic security in the Indo-Pacific region, the WTO’s plurilaterals and border carbon adjustment mechanisms (again!) have been in the spotlight this week among international think tanks.
CPTPP to confront Chinese accession bid after UK joins
The United Kingdom has officially become the 12th member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now the members need to deal with the question of China’s joining bid.
THINK TANK: EU-US elusive green steel deal, EU India, ASEAN economic community
An overview of recent think tank reports on trade by Maia Wilson and Iana Dreyer.
Philippines eyes EU FTA negotiation resumption by year-end
Filipino trade minister Alberto Pascual expects trade talks between Manila and the EU to recommence in 2023. Pascual, who met European Commission executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis on Monday (26 June) as part of a three-week five-country visit to boost investment in the country, told a small group of journalists yesterday …
Comment: EU ASEAN trade – how to make a strategic partnership work
The EU and ASEAN have yet to bring to life a strategic partnership overshadowed by deep-rooted trade irritants. The EU needs to thoroughly engage with its Southeast Asian partners on its new environmental legislation, recognise their own efforts in tackling climate change and speed up its FTA agenda, writes Chris …
Interview: EU-India trade and tech talks: it’s all about the geopolitics
The EU and India are actively engaged in trade and investment negotiations and recently launched a Trade and Technology Council. What is driving this cooperation, and what can we expect from these burgeoning conversations? Robert Francis caught up with Stefania Benaglia from the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels …
Blog: OECD looks to Indo-Pacific
It’s that time of the year when the OECD, the ‘rich-world think tank’ and occasional international treaty negotiation forum hosts its ministers in Paris. Overarching themes this year: supply chain resilience, sustainability, trade multilateralism Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific.
The CPTPP’s expansion challenge
A new chapter is opening up for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership as the UK prepares to become the bloc’s first acceding member later this year.
G7 to coordinate coercion responses while EU prepares economic security strategy
G7 leaders issued an exceptionally lengthy joint statement at a summit hosted by Japan in the city of Hiroshima that covers a range of topics from the war in Ukraine, to Taiwan, healthcare, food security and climate mitigation – to name some of the most important ones. One of the …
