News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Those in the trade policy world who are looking for some big bang announcement from the European Commission as part of its ‘response’ to the United States Inflation Reduction Act will be disappointed – or relieved, depending on their point of view. The Green Deal Industrial Plan, a leaked version …
The members of the European Parliament’s industry committee voted overwhelmingly to allow the European Commission to activate emergency measures in case of future shortages of semiconductors within the EU.
European commission president Ursula von der Leyen today announced an industrial plan designed to provide incentives for clean tech companies to continue operating in Europe.
The wheels of the EU trade policy machinery have started to churn again this week after the Christmas break. An update on various developments by Iana Dreyer and Rob Francis.
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.
This rentrée week’s developments in EU trade policy herald an intense autumn.
Preparations are well underway for the next high-level meeting of the transatlantic Trade and Technology Council in France on 15-16 May. European Commission representatives praised the way in which the forum has facilitated bilateral contact between the EU and United States in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The …
The European Commission formally tabled a regulation “establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem”, also known as the EU ‘Chips Act’. The move codifies EU market interventions pioneered at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic whilst also trying to draw some lessons from these episodes, in particular …
The European Commission is seeking immediate semiconductor supply shortage crisis management powers ahead of the imminent announcement of a new industrial policy regulation that seeks to ensure that one fifth of world production happens in the European Union by the end of the decade: the EU Chips Act. The Commission …
The European Commission wants the EU to “take back control” of technical standardisation as it rolls out its new industrial policy and seeks to reduce the influence of large Chinese and United States companies in standard-setting bodies in the EU whilst promoting European standards internationally.
