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The US is pushing for a permanent WTO e-commerce moratorium ahead of next ministerial conference in Yaounde.

#ecommerce #MC14

US pushes for permanent WTO e-commerce moratorium - Borderlex - European trade policy
Washington is set to demand a permanent moratorium on import duties for e-commerce transactions at the WTO's MC14 ministerial meeting in Cameroon next March.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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‘Under the radar’ EU trade policy news

🔸 MEPs fight over Mercosur safeguards
🔸 EU, Vietnam task force re trade irritants
🔸Talks with Ecuador on sustainable investment facilitation agreement

By @robfranciseu.bsky.social

Week in Brussels: Mercosur, Vietnam, Ecuador - Borderlex - European trade policy
A roundup of this week's trade policy news from Brussels
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December 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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This week in EU trade policy news you may have missed:
📌MEPs fight over Mercosur safeguards
📌EU and Vietnam set up task force to resolve 'trade irritants'
📌Commission reports on talks with Ecuador on sustainable investment facilitation agreement
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Week in Brussels: Mercosur, Vietnam, Ecuador - Borderlex - European trade policy
A roundup of this week's trade policy news from Brussels
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December 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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European Commission opens review of China #ev electic vehicle duties after Volkswagen, JAC offer price pledge

By @robfranciseu.bsky.social 

Commission opens review of China EV duties after Volkswagen, JAC offer price pledge - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission launched a partial review of countervailing measures against Chinese-made battery electric vehicles focusing on a price undertaking offer from Volkswagen Anhui, a joint venture between JAC Motors and Volkswagen.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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European Commission opens review of China #ev electic vehicle duties after Volkswagen, JAC offer price pledge

By @robfranciseu.bsky.social 

Commission opens review of China EV duties after Volkswagen, JAC offer price pledge - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission launched a partial review of countervailing measures against Chinese-made battery electric vehicles focusing on a price undertaking offer from Volkswagen Anhui, a joint venture between JAC Motors and Volkswagen.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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The rise of export restrictions in the metals and rare earths in the EU:

What Brussels is proposing👇

Brussels proposes export curbs on critical raw material scrap - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission will propose restrictions on exports of scrap and waste from permanent magnets in the first half of next year, part of efforts to boost access to critical raw materials within the bloc.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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The ins and outs of the EU's new #economicsecurity strategy.

EU signals 'paradigm shift' in economic security approach - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission will deploy existing policy tools more proactively to defend EU economic interests against growing external threats.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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US push for permanent ban on customs duties on e-transactions @WTO
- Why
- How
- Implications for #MC14
- state of broader e-commerce negotiations

By @chrishorseman.bsky.social 

US pushes for permanent WTO e-commerce moratorium - Borderlex - European trade policy
Washington is set to demand a permanent moratorium on import duties for e-commerce transactions at the WTO's MC14 ministerial meeting in Cameroon next March.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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EU proposes export curbs on critical raw material scrap - #crm

By @chrishorseman.bsky.social

Brussels proposes export curbs on critical raw material scrap - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission will propose restrictions on exports of scrap and waste from permanent magnets in the first half of next year, part of efforts to boost access to critical raw materials within the bloc.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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EU economic security ‘doctrine’ includes:

Trade defence ↗️
Customs measures↗️
Export restrictions↗️

The gist of today’s announcements by @chrishorseman.bsky.social

EU signals 'paradigm shift' in economic security approach - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission will deploy existing policy tools more proactively to defend EU economic interests against growing external threats.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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What will change for developing countries benefiting from EU's General Scheme of Preferences #GSP:

▪️ Migration conditiionality
▪️ Rice safeguards
▪️ Many other conditions and modalities.

Explainer by @robfranciseu.bsky.social 

EU GSP compromise: what’s in it - Borderlex - European trade policy
The three EU institutions agreed after four years of wrangling on new unilateral arrangements for preferential trade with developing countries.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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What will change for developing countries benefiting from EU's General Scheme of Preferences #GSP:

▪️ Migration conditiionality
▪️ Rice safeguards
▪️ Many other conditions and modalities.

Explainer by @robfranciseu.bsky.social 

EU GSP compromise: what’s in it - Borderlex - European trade policy
The three EU institutions agreed after four years of wrangling on new unilateral arrangements for preferential trade with developing countries.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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UK NHS will be asked to pay higher prices on US medicines in return for the UK keeping duty free market access for its own drugs to the EU.

#USUK #unequaldeals 

US Section 232s: United Kingdom secures duty free pharma access - at a price - Borderlex - European trade policy
The United States will guarantee tariff-free access for British pharmaceutical exports for the next three years, in return for higher payments by the UK healthcare service for American medicines.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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EU capitals want to scrap #deminimis duty exemptions on small parcels 2026. But they can't agree on new customs law, don't have computer systems ready... 🙄

@robfranciseu.bsky.social  on status of #EUcustomsreform

EU customs reform process to spill over into 2026 - Borderlex - European trade policy
All signs are the Danish presidency of the Council will not be able to close ongoing interinstitutional negotiations over the final fine print of an ongoing complex reform of the European Union’s customs code that would establish a common data hub, a centralised customs authority.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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EU ministers want to scrap #deminimis exemptions on small parcels. But they can't agree on a new customs law, don't have the computer systems ready etc.

@robfranciseu.bsky.social  on status of #EUcustomsreform

EU customs reform process to spill over into 2026 - Borderlex - European trade policy
All signs are the Danish presidency of the Council will not be able to close ongoing interinstitutional negotiations over the final fine print of an ongoing complex reform of the European Union’s customs code that would establish a common data hub, a centralised customs authority.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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US-UK pharma deal  🇬🇧🇺🇸💊 "likely to pose a challenge to neighbouring Ireland, which provides more than a quarter of all of the US’ imported pharmaceuticals," writes @chrishorseman.bsky.social 

US Section 232s: United Kingdom secures duty free pharma access - at a price - Borderlex - European trade policy
The United States will guarantee tariff-free access for British pharmaceutical exports for the next three years, in return for higher payments by the UK healthcare service for American medicines.
f.mtr.cool
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This week in trade policy in Europe

👉 EU #economicsecurity 'doctrine'
👉 #WTOReform talks
👉 EU-UK trade meeting
👉 deforestation trilogue
👉 Intense EP trade meeting, featuring Mercosur i.a.

Week Ahead: Economic Security doctrine, WTO, EU-UK, deforestation, Mercosure - Borderlex - European trade policy
We are expecting the released of a long-awaited economic security doctrine from the European Commission, and the WTO community is engaging in valiant efforts to bring its reform forward.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Former trade diplomat John Clarke on how EU can respond to Washington's attempts to block its food name protection strategy as Brussels seeks trade agreements w Malaysia & other #ASEAN countries #geographicalindications

COMMENT: Despatches from the War on Terroir - Borderlex - European trade policy
The recent attempt by the United States to prevent its trade partners from accepting the EU's list of geographical indications could yet jeopardise ongoing free trade negotiations between ASEAN and Brussels. But there may be a solution at hand which both protects the EU's iconic food brands and deflects Washington's attempts at coercion.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Former EU trade diplomate John Clarke on how the EU can respond to US attempts to block its food name protection strategy as Brussels seeks trade agreements with Malaysia and other #ASEAN countries #geographicalindications

COMMENT: Despatches from the War on Terroir - Borderlex - European trade policy
The recent attempt by the United States to prevent its trade partners from accepting the EU's list of geographical indications could yet jeopardise ongoing free trade negotiations between ASEAN and Brussels. But there may be a solution at hand which both protects the EU's iconic food brands and deflects Washington's attempts at coercion.
f.mtr.cool
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Former EU trade diplomate John Clarke on how the EU can respond to US attempts to block its food name protection strategy as Brussels seeks trade agreements with Malaysia and other #ASEAN countries #geographicalindications

COMMENT: Despatches from the War on Terroir - Borderlex - European trade policy
The recent attempt by the United States to prevent its trade partners from accepting the EU's list of geographical indications could yet jeopardise ongoing free trade negotiations between ASEAN and Brussels. But there may be a solution at hand which both protects the EU's iconic food brands and deflects Washington's attempts at coercion.
f.mtr.cool
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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In brief: MEPs vote for one year extra delay to deforestation regulation - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Parliament voted by 402 votes in favour and 205 against on its position on an EU simplification drive on its 2023 deforestation regulation. It is now fairly certain that the regulation's coming into force will be delayed by another year to 2027. 
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November 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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MEP rapporteur on EU #steeltariffs K Karlsbro:

- Spare Ukraine
- Ban Russia/Belarus steel for good

🏭

EP rapporteur on steel tariffs: spare Ukraine, ban Russia - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Parliament's rapporteur on the EU’s coming permanent steel quotas and tariffs wants to spare Ukraine.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Our latest Think Tank column:

🔸#CPTPP, EU and walking the talk

🔸EU 🇹🇭Thailand FTA & environment in all this @ieep.eu

🔸 🇬🇧 trade policy needs ‘coherence and transparency’ - @thecitp.bsky.social

Think Tank: EU and CPTPP need to walk talk, EU Thailand, UK strategy - Borderlex - European trade policy
Think tankers have reacted to the establishment of an EU-CPTPP cooperation platform. There has been some deep thinking on a flailing UK trade strategy, and some suggestions on how to advance the trade and environmental sustainability agenda between the EU and Thailand.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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European Parliament rapporteur on the EU's planned permanent steel quotas and tariffs:

Spare Ukrainian steel
Ban Russian/Belarus steel for good

By @robfranciseu.bsky.social 

EP rapporteur on steel tariffs: spare Ukraine, ban Russia - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Parliament's rapporteur on the EU’s coming permanent steel quotas and tariffs wants to spare Ukraine.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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EU, India ditch another chapter as year-end free trade agreement deadline nears

🇪🇺🇮🇳

The latest on these critical trade talks by @robfranciseu.bsky.social

EU, India ditch another chapter as trade deal deadline nears - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Union and India continue to eye agreement on a free trade pact before the end of the year.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM