Extended patent protections under Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union could cost the Canadian federal government some $270 million a year, according to a new report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Das lang erwartete Urteil des EuGH, Slowakische Republik gegen Achmea BV, scheint das Schicksal des Investor-Staat-Schiedsverfahrens im Rahmen von BITS innerhalb der EU zu besiegeln.
Der EuGH entschied in seinem Achmea-Urteil, dass Investitionsschutzabkommen zwischen EU-Staaten mit dem EU-Recht unvereinbar sei. Achmea ist ein deutliches Indiz dafür, dass auch die Investitionsschutz-Vereinbarungen in CETA problematisch für die Autonomie des EU-Rechts sind.
Das Vorgehen von Präsident Donald Trump in der vergangenen Woche beendet die Führung der Vereinigten Staaten im Bereich des liberalen Handels und könnte einen globalen Handelskrieg mit schwerwiegenden Folgen auslösen.
Trumps Serie von Drohungen diese Woche war ein Doppelschlag. Erstens drohte er damit, nationale Sicherheitszölle auf Stahl und Aluminium zu erheben, vor allem gegen Kanada und Mexiko (zusammen mit Korea und Japan). Dann schlug er eine Alternative vor: Er würde diese Länder freistellen, wenn sie bestimmten Forderungen der USA zustimmen.
Katainen and Tusk urge the Trump administration to abandon his trade policy plans, showing own leverage in trade politics in order to increase pressure
Prominent EU actors urge for a new trade deal with the US, witnessing a concurrence relation with the post-Brexit UK concerning trade agreements with the USA
Reviews the critical influence of right-wing think tanks on the Tory government (e.g. Liam Fox), which are pushing for a libertarian UK-US-trade agenda after brexit
resident Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Donald Trump may not always be aware of the consequences of what he says and does. But the debate he has triggered with his comments on free and fair trade could be helpful to bring about change, says DW's Henrik Böhme.
The European Union distanced itself from the idea of reviving talks on a broad free-trade agreement with the US as part of EU efforts to gain a permanent exemption from President Donald Trump's controversial import tariffs on steel and aluminium.
LIAM FOX unpicked Jeremy Corbyn's long-awaited Brexit plan with a single sentence as the Brexiteer claimed Labour's policy would leave the UK bound to the EU, with even less power than before.
The European Union has distanced from the idea of renewing its large-scale Free Trade Agreement with the United States as part of Brussels’s efforts to secure a permanent exclusion from the aluminum and steel import duties.
BBC host Nick Robinson slapped down Michel Barnier as he prepares to dismiss calls from Chancellor Philip Hammond's calls to include British financial services in the bespoke trade agreement between London and Brussels.
Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that the UK would negotiate a "unique" Brexit agreement which includes financial services, just hours after EU negotiators rejected the possibility of such a deal.
"It is possible to include financial services within a trade deal but that it is very much in our mutual interest to do so," Hammond said.
Hammond's speech comes within hours of European Council president Donald Tusk saying such a deal was "out of the question".