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Europe
(Daily News)
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is considering tariffs of up to 100 percent on a host of European goods including aircraft parts, agricultural goods and a variety of other products as part of its review of the retaliation it has imposed on the European Union for subsidies it provides to Airbus, according to a draft Federal Register notice set to be published next week.
(In Trade)
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
“An optional solution would clearly not be acceptable to France or its OECD partners.”
(Daily News)
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin this week told the head of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development that the U.S. had concerns with a proposed tax framework crafted to pre-empt the need for digital services taxes and suggested a new approach the OECD warned could imperil the timeline for concluding the negotiations.
(In Trade)
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
USTR on Monday announced that the U.S. was considering raising tariffs on EU goods in response to the second compliance panel report.
(Daily News)
December 04, 2019
December 04, 2019
The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body could complete work on four of 14 pending appeals despite an expected shutdown of the appellate system beginning next week, according to the Dispute Settlement Body chairman, leaving ten cases in limbo.
(Daily News)
December 04, 2019
December 04, 2019
The U.S. and Switzerland can and should put aside regulatory and agriculture market-access issues and find a way to strike a bilateral trade deal in the near future, Swiss Ambassador to the U.S. Jacques Pitteloud said on Tuesday.
(Daily News)
December 02, 2019
December 02, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday proposed imposing 100 percent tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of French goods in retaliation for France’s digital services tax, which the Trump administration says discriminates against U.S. companies.
(Daily News)
December 02, 2019
December 02, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will consider increasing tariffs on European products after a World Trade Organization compliance panel on Monday ruled for a second time that the European Union had not complied with a previous dispute settlement report faulting the EU for providing illegal subsidies to Airbus.
(In Trade)
November 27, 2019
November 27, 2019
The U.S. had agreed to hold off on imposing tariffs for at least 90 days following an August meeting between Presidents Trump and Macron.
(In Trade)
November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019
The proposal is in line with the objectives in a joint statement issued by President Trump and then-EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in July 2018.
(In Trade)
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
Japan and Canada, which have deals with both the U.S. and EU on digital trade, could also provide other “interesting bridging opportunities,” analysts said.
(Daily News)
November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019
Republican Senate Finance Committee members Rob Portman (OH) and Tim Scott (SC) said the administration’s lack of announcement on the Section 232 auto probe this month suggests the president may forgo imposing tariffs on key allies.
(Daily News)
November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019
The Court of International Trade last week denied a Trump administration motion to dismiss a challenge lodged by a U.S. importer of steel products over the president’s decision last August to ratchet up Section 232 tariffs on steel from Turkey.
(Daily News)
November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019
The installation of a new European Commission will present a fresh opportunity for the U.S. and EU to cooperate on combating illicit Chinese trading practices, but President Trump’s hostile attitude toward Europe could hinder any cooperation even on issues of shared concern, analysts said.
(In Trade)
November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019
“Having all but lost the large and growing Chinese export market due to retaliatory Chinese tariffs, Maine lobster producers and dealers must find new customers for our state’s most iconic product.”
(Daily News)
November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019
The U.S. and other World Trade Organization members this week blasted the European Union and the United Kingdom over proposed changes to their WTO schedules of concessions following Brexit, arguing that they would lead to diminished market access.
(In Trade)
November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019
The president claimed the U.S. had “encouraged Turkey to further open their markets and they are doing that very much … and rapidly.”
(Daily News)
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
More than a dozen World Trade Organization members, including the U.S., last week criticized the European Union in Geneva for lowering some of its maximum residue levels for a variety of pesticides used largely for producing citrus fruits and bananas.
(Daily News)
November 08, 2019
November 08, 2019
NEW YORK -- Alan Wolff, the World Trade Organization's deputy director-general, this week said a shutdown of Geneva’s appeals system, expected next month, will spark “pure chaos."
(Daily News)
November 08, 2019
November 08, 2019
NEW YORK -- Alan Wolff, the World Trade Organization's deputy director-general, this week said a shutdown of Geneva’s appeals system, expected next month, was unlikely to spark “pure chaos,” as some have feared.