European Union EU finally reached a deal – after weeks of negotiations – on an oil ban against Russian sourced oil and petroleum products. United States US and EU concluded their second US-EU Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting.US-UK FTA Agreement moving forward
The bloc criticized Beijing's coercion of Lithuania over the tiny country's political stance on Taiwan. China has said the issue is "political," not "economic," and has no place at the WTO.
The Commission has today (11 March) extended until the end of June the transparency and authorization mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine exports. This follows persistent delays in some of the deliveries of vaccines to the EU. Executive Vice President and Trade Commissioner Dombrovskis said: “The first weeks of the application of this instrument have shown that […]
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Friday, January 29, 2021
Countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are increasingly concerned with the spread of the COVID variants, as they work to ramp up vaccination efforts and impose travel restrictions on those countries where these variants are active. The European Union (EU) signaled this week that it might move forward with a proposal that seeks to improve export transparency on the COVID experimental vaccines produced within its boundaries. Separately, the European Commission is moving forward with efforts to devise a sustainable food systems chapter for its existing and future trade agreements.
In this issue we cover:
COVID-19 updates in the EU, UK and US