The 21st EU-China Summit took place on 9 April in Brussels, providing a forum for engagement at the highest level and for advancing the relationship as regards the bilateral and multilateral agendas. President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald...
Further to the joint U.S.-EU Statement following President Juncker's visit to the White House in July, there have been five meetings of the EU-US Executive Working Group to discuss implementation of its work programme. Good progress has been made and in January the Commission published and...
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The U.S. Commerce Department has submitted its report on an investigation on the effects of imports of cars and auto parts on U.S. national security to the White House on Sunday. Sigrid de Vries, Secretary General of CLEPA, the association of automotive suppliers in Europe, comments: “Rules-based...
Trade negotiations with US can start under certain conditions: Talks could help ease current tensions caused by US tariffs MEPs want car tariffs in, and agriculture out, of negotiations Any agreement needs Parliament's consent to enter into force The Trade Committee on Tuesday endorsed the mandate...
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A coalition of downstream steel users has called into question the rationale for the European Commission’s imposition of definitive steel safeguard measures. The European Commission initiated the safeguard investigation in response to US restrictions on steel and aluminium, with the aim of preventing a surge...
Steel Using Industries - Joint Statement on the EU Steel Safeguard Investigation This coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, technology industries, electricity transmission and distribution equipment, construction equipment, wind energy, agriculture machinery, home appliance, and packaging sectors – express their continued concern...
A Joint Statement from a coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, home appliance and technology industry sectors – has been sent to the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström. The letter expresses concerns on the imposition of...