#Indonesia will reduce some food tariffs in #trade #deal with Brussels and the #EU has protected its key food supplies within the bloc. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/23/e...

#Tariff-free digital #trade? The agenda for #MC14 @wto.org ministerial meeting in #Cameroon will definitely need to resolve the issue. @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/23/e...

After 9 years’ negotiation, #EU-#Indonesia deal will bring EU: 1) no duties on electronic transmissions 2) alignment to EU-preferred vehicle standards 3) virtually no tariffs 4) reduced export duties for crltical raw materials. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/23/e...

Aguiar Machado, #EU ambassador to the @wto.org discusses ‘#Fish2’ (the second part of the #fisheries agreement) with @ianadreyer.bsky.social and @chrishorseman.bsky.social. He cites challenges with #India but says that the agreement deadline could be extended. borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

Aguiar Machado, #EU ambassador to the @wto.org supports the #e-commerce #moratorium: “…having a decision at WTO level rationalises the situation,” he says. “We will be pushing to have an extension.” @chrishorseman.bsky.social and @ianadreyer.bsky.social report: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

The @Wto.org dispute settlement body will convene this week to discuss an ongoing discourse with #China over #intellectualproperty rights. Arbitration found against China in July over its #anti-suit #injunctions. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/w...

"You cannot continue to just allow big emerging markets to designate themselves as developing countries." EU ambassador to @wto.org blasts a taboo involving #China. @chrishorseman.bsky.social and @ianadreyer.bsky.social interview: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

João Aguiar Machado, EU ambassador @wto.org calls for ‘variable geometry’, allowing member countries to pick their speed and involvement: "We must not remain at the mercy of reaching consensus among 166 members.” @chrishorseman.bsky.social and @ianadreyer.bsky.social: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

The European Parliament’s international trade committee will meet this week discussing: - Draft legislation on #tariffs for US products - #EU-India - Trade defence instruments - Western #Balkans - EU foreign #subsidies - #Gibraltar @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/w...

João Aguiar Machado, #EU Ambassador to the @wto.org believes #US challenges to #rules-based #trade are "a big hit to the system, no doubt" but "the US represents only 13% of world trade." @chrishorseman.bsky.social and @ianadreyer.bsky.social interview here: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

The @wto.org ‘twentieth century’ operating #rules urgently need updating – and #EU wants to be at the forefront of reform, says its ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, João Aguiar Machado. @chrishorseman.bsky.social and @ianadreyer.bsky.social report: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/i...

#EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič @marossefcovic.bsky.social will travel to #ASEAN to conclude long-sought bilateral free trade agreement with #Indonesia, then on to #Vietnam. @robfranciseu.bsky.social and @chrishorseman.bsky.social report on ‘The week ahead’: borderlex.net/2025/09/22/w...

This week in EU trade policy & WTO: 👉🏼 EU 🇪🇺to clinch free trade agreement w Indonesia 🇮🇩 👉🏼 MEPs to discuss current EU trade files in committee 👉🏼 At @wto.org in Geneva work resumes on reforming the institution By @robfranciseu.bsky.social & @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/22/w...

The new potential suspension of #Israel's current trade agreement with the #EU as a result of #Gaza will effect #agricultural produce and #rubber. @robfranciseu.bsky.social writes: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/c...

New 14-nation #tradepartnership will seek to emphasise access to resources and technology and enhance flows of #foreigndirectinvestment. @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/17/n...

Borderlex's editor and founder @ianadreyer.bsky.social reflects on a sobering two days at this year's @wto.org Public Forum in #Geneva. borderlex.net/2025/09/18/b...

"We urge the government to continue dialogue with the #US," William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce about the failure to agree #zerotariff quota for #steel, @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/18/u...

Want to know how the EU-India #trade deal is progressing? It's a tough nut to crack - currently only 11 of the 27 chapters are agreed. The desired deadline remains December 2025. Report by @robfranciseu.bsky.social: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/e...

Talks between the #UK and #US have failed to deliver the promised #zero #tariff quota for #steel as provided for in the UK-US trade deal struck in May. UK steel exports will continue to fetch a tariff of 25%. @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/18/u...

#EU #Commission seeks suspension of preferential #trade with #Israel over #Gaza. This will cost 227m euro in duties for Israeli exporters. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/c...

New 14-nation #trade partnership has no aspirations to evolve into a new regional trade agreement and is "open to other interested countries and also includes the private sector," - #SwissGovernment. @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/17/n...

AI could boost #trade: #border processes, reduced #language barriers and strengthened #market #intelligence writes director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: "Trade can be a powerful enabler for an inclusive #AI transformation.” @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/a...

#EU-India trade deal on go-slow over #agriculture. Maroš Šefčovič, EU trade chief: “It’s very difficult. As you know, the Indian negotiators are famous for being tough.” “He added: “we always defend the #European interest.” @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/e...

The #EuropeanCommission tabled a proposal to suspend preferential #trade in goods with #Israel, in response to the country’s continuing bombardment of #Gaza. @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/c...

#Brunei, #Chile, #CostaRica, #Iceland, #Liechtenstein, #Morocco, #NewZealand, #Norway, #Panama, #Rwanda, #Singapore, #Switzerland, the #UnitedArabEmirates and #Uruguay members of new ‘The Future of Investment and Trade Partnership.’ @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/n...

#Trade facilitated by #AI has the potential to deliver up to 40% in cross-border trade flows by 2040, thanks to #productivity gains and lower trade #costs. But a digital inclusion and a predictable #regulatory framework is needed. @chrishorseman.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/17/a...

Goodbye to #de #minimus - the €150 ceiling on zero #duty textile and clothing packages entering the EU. The move has been backed by the #EU’s leading textile and clothing federations. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports… borderlex.net/2025/09/16/e...

After a summer break, our Think Tank column is back ! Our highlights from what various #thinktanks have said about #international #tradepolicy over the last week: #EU-Ukraine trade accord, #EU-India and #US electric #guitar and #drum #export #slump. borderlex.net/2025/09/16/t...

"The #UK must integrate #economic #engagement with the #US into our broader geopolitical dialogue and minimise the risks of ad hoc, zero-sum bargaining with a far larger partner" - committee of UK MPs. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/15/b...

Eighty civil society organisations are calling on the #EuropeanUnion and #UnitedKingdom to ban all trade and investment with the illegal #Israeli settlements in the occupied #Palestinian territory. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports: borderlex.net/2025/09/15/c...

British MPs call for doubling down on #US tech cooperation: “to ensure Western leadership over #China in the race for technological supremacy”. borderlex.net/2025/09/15/b...

Return to #rules-based order “increasingly unlikely" says #EU report, and @wto.org and the @un.org are “under stress”. @robfranciseu.bsky.social reports on the #EU's plans to build #resilience. borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

Pork is once more in #tradepolicy news. #Brussels considers its response to #China's aggressive anti-dumping tariffs of up to 62% on #EU #pork. @robfranciseu.bsky.social assesses the reasons for the tariffs and reports on reactions from member states. borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

"This really is a make-or-break moment" writes @davidheniguk.bsky.social for Borderlex on the #EU-Mercosur agreement. David argues that #EU member states must support the single market and that the threat is existential. borderlex.net/2025/09/12/p...

Oslo recommends including more #downstream products in #CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). #Norway's environment minister says closing loopholes “is important for the mechanism to function as intended" and "to prevent carbon leakage”. @robfranciseu.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

Is ‘Fish 1’ on a course of self-destruction? If ‘Fish 2’ isn’t ratified within four years, #Fish1, the hard-won @WTO.org agreement on #fisheries #subsidies will become invalid. More here from @chrishorseman.bsky.social: borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

The Borderlex ‘Week in Brussels’ explains the simplification - and loosening - of the #EU #CBAM (#Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) to better support small and medium businesses in #iron, #steel, #aluminium, #cement and #fertilisers. borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

Finally some good news for the WTO: the fish subsidies pact will enter into force next week! The bad news: it'll lapse unless the second part of the pact is not agreed in 4 years. But hey you can't have everything. More from Borderlex WTO guru @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

This week in EU trade policy news you may have missed: 📌MEPs back CBAM simplification + Norway backs scope increase 📌Commission holds off from filing WTO case on China pork duties 📌Rules-based global order is over, says commission borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

EU trade commissioner says the EU and India are on track to meet a year-end deadline to conclude trade negotiations. "Talks are ongoing... given the political will on both sides, I think we are set to meet the deadline" says @marossefcovic.bsky.social

In his analysis of the #Mercosur #agreement, @davidheniguk.bsky.social for Borderlex argues that rising nationalism continues to threaten cooperation and that ratifying the deal would "showcase an #EU pushing back against attacks against the #rules-based system." borderlex.net/2025/09/12/p...

Now that ‘Fish 1’, the @WTO.org agreement on #fisheries #subsidies is on the hook, ‘Fish 2’ is on the table – an agreement handling overcapacity and #overfishing… but #India is blocking progress. More from @chrishorseman.bsky.social here: borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

Latest analysis on the Mercosur agreement between the #EuropeanUnion and the #Mercosur bloc (#Argentina, #Brazil, #Paraguay, #Uruguay, and #Bolivia). @davidheniguk.bsky.social puts it into sharp focus and what's at stake (free to read): borderlex.net/2025/09/12/p...

Our 'Week in Brussels' update is out covering #CBAM, #Chinese #pork #duties, and the EU assessing the state of global relations: “A return to the previous status quo seems increasingly unlikely”. Article by @robfranciseu.bsky.social is free to access: borderlex.net/2025/09/12/w...

A two-thirds majority has been achieved for the @wto.org #fisheries #subsidies agreement, bringing it into force. Indonesia, India and Russia, some of the largest marine fishing nations, are yet to commit. borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

The #EU likely to draw a hard line on #cybersecurity in negotiations with #Canada on an updated agreement – "notably on a high common level of security of networks and information systems across the #EuropeanUnion,” (draft mandate).” @ianadreyer.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/10/e...

Find out more about the @wto.org fisheries subsidies agreement, a ground-breaking agreement long in the making. Bans on government subsidies for illegal or unregulated activity, fishing on the high seas and overfishing. Article by @chrishorseman.bsky.social here: borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

Potential updated #EU and #Canada agreement “aligns with the EU’s Economic Security Strategy, which emphasises the need to strengthen cooperation with like-minded partners worldwide, both bilaterally and multilaterally” – EU Commission. @ianadreyer.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/10/e...

The @wto.org #fisheries #subsidies agreement achieves the first @un.org #sustainable development goal. “The focus must now shift to full implementation," Alice Tipping, director of trade and sustainable development at @iisd.org borderlex.net/2025/09/11/w...

#Brussels will seek legally binding disciplines in a new bilaterial #digital #agreement with #Ottawa. The move could ban customs duties on electronic transactions and support electronic contracts and signatures. @ianadreyer.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/09/10/e...