Chris Horseman    The European Commission set out plans for a groundbreaking EU UK youth mobility scheme in the same week as it launched the first dispute settlement process against the United Kingdom under the trade and cooperation agreement. Worries also mount over the state of readiness of officials and traders...

David Henig    Europe’s major countries need to be working together to buttress its economic and political strength. While strengthening the relationship with the United Kingdom won’t be easy, greater European Union engagement with the country is worth the effort. Arguably, the EU’s handling of Brexit has been...

Robert Francis    The EU should simplify the ratification process of its trade agreements and avoid so called mixed agreements. This is only one of the specific trade policy recommendations included in a wider on the future of the single market by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta commissioned by the...

Iana Dreyer    Speaking at an event hosted by the think tank Peterson Institute in Washington, the World Trade Organization’s director general Ngozi Okonjo Iweala called on members of the institution to make efforts to agree on how to handle national security in a time of growing geopolitical frictions. The...

Chris Horseman    The European Commission initiated dispute settlement proceedings against the United Kingdom over a British ban on fishing for sandeel in UK waters. The European Union’s move was announced today in Brussels. It represents the first time that either side has made use of the dispute settlement...

Maia Wilson    This week on the minds of international trade think tanks: transatlantic export control cooperation, the EU and Chinese electric vehicles and the new outlook of the United States Trade Representative. ECIPE: Preserving open tech ecosystems amid export control surge The EU and the US must work...

Editor Borderlex    On Friday afternoon April EU member states finally ratified an association agreement with Central America whose trade pillar has provisionally been in force since . So how long will it take to get CETA with Canada over the line By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer. The deal with Honduras, ...

Editor Borderlex    New week, new meetings in Brussels and Geneva on trade policy. A sneak peak of what lies ahead by Rob Francis, Chris Horseman and Iana Dreyer. EU leaders to discuss competitiveness and Türkiye EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday April for a special’ European Council....

Editor Borderlex    The European Union institutions agreed to extend unilateral liberalisation of trade with Ukraine for another year from June, but at the cost of stricter safeguards on agricultural imports. The European Commission also launched a preliminary investigation under the EU’s foreign subsidies...

Chris Horseman    The United Kingdom is facing a possible re opening of UK US free trade agreement negotiations under a second Trump presidency and a revised focus for the work of the Trade Remedies Authority. UK US FTA priority’ for Trump presidency, says adviser Renewed negotiations for a bilateral trade...