News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
If you think that, because Valdis Dombrovski’s nomination to become the next trade commissioner of the EU was relatively smooth sailing in the European Parliament, MEPs will make life easy for him, you are mistaken. A group of MEPs had amendments successfully adopted in a plenary vote on Tuesday (6 …
Valdis Dombrovskis is expected to receive the assent of the European Parliament to take on a new role as commissioner for international trade at a vote in plenary on Wednesday morning (7 October 2020). Although it’s never a done deal – the Parliament’s Conference of Presidents has “made a final …
The nominee to become the European Union’s next trade commissioner impressed the international trade committee of the European Parliament with his grasp of policy detail and concrete answers to thorny questions in one of the bloc’s most sensitive policy areas.
By Sarah Anne Aarup, Iana Dreyer and Chris Horseman. A round-up of news in EU trade this week.
Mercosur is nowhere near to being ratifiable, according to the European Parliament’s international trade committee chair Bernd Lange.
If you think a second wave of COVID-19 lockdowns is nigh, think twice: trade policy activity has never been so busy since European Union countries shut down or went into slow motion last March to await the passing of the pandemic at home. Online or offline: a lot is happening! …
The European Commission’s first-ever Chief Trade Enforcement Officer Denis Redonnet appeared in his brand new role today, 24 September, in front of the European Parliament’s international trade committee to explain how he envisions his new role. Redonnet, a Frenchman who previously oversaw World Trade Organization and wider strategy issues at …
Spokespeople for the largest political groups in the European Parliament’s international trade committee are signalling endorsement for the ‘lobster for lighters’ deal inked by former European Union trade commissioner Phil Hogan and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Protecting the steel industry, what to do with the EU Mercosur trade pact and finding common ground in the WTO director-general selection process were among the main topics discussed by trade ministers in Berlin today at an informal meeting hosted by the German presidency of the Council.
A new expert report on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement will inform France’s new trade minister Franck Riester’s views ahead of the agreement’s coming ratification process. By Sarah Anne Aarup and Iana Dreyer.
