EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis today said that he was “hopeful” that next month’s ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council will “deliver some attractive results to facilitate trade”.
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Week in Brussels: Eyeing Kazakh and Namibian raw materials, Korea, United States
A final glimpse into this week’s EU trade policy. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
US Inflation Reduction Act: the EU’s key asks to Washington
The European Commission accused the United States of breaching WTO rules by discriminating against products manufactured in the EU and potentially triggering a “harmful global subsidy race to the bottom on key technologies and inputs for the green transition”.
EU FTAs, US relations in focus at Prague trade minister meeting
Tech and trade with the United States and FTAs featured in today’s trade minister’s meeting.
Week in Brussels: US relations, Mercosur, Chile, Japan
It’s been a packed week in EU trade ahead of an extended week-end due to next Tuesday’s Allsaints holiday. A selection of interesting developments below. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
US, EU seek to revitalise TTC momentum, deflect EV row
The European Commission and the United States today announced the formation of a task force to address the EU’s concerns around elements of the US Inflation Reduction Act which was signed into law in August.
Week in Brussels: EU-US, Korea digital partnership, FDI screening, Chips Act, Mercosur
A lot of micro-stories this week in trade policy in Brussels that could become significant over time. Below an update on the EU US Trade and Technology Council, digital partnerships, FDI screening, the Chips Act and Mercosur. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Perspectives: It’s not worth triggering a big fight over the US’s electric vehicle scheme
Brussels has vociferously criticised provisions in the recently enacted US Inflation Reduction Act that provide a subsidy to consumers buying vehicles assembled in North America. EU leaders should be cautious in how they now proceed and avoid disagreements over climate change measures that descend into endless Airbus-Boeing style trade disputes.
Week in Brussels: China, United States
It’s a week where China and the United States came back into focus in EU trade policy after weeks of almost exclusively dealing with Ukraine war-related trade files and the World Trade Organization.
Perspectives – In praise of trade diplomacy
Outcomes from this week’s Trade and Technology Council will be seen as positive, but second or even third best to bilateral and multilateral deals. It is time to reset our evaluation of what are the best trade policy tools.
