Precedents for member states unilaterally overriding EU trade policy (or at...
The European Commission has rejected bans introduced by Poland and Hungary on Ukrainian grain imports.The two countries said the measures were necessary to protect their farming sectors from cheap...
View ArticleHow is Turkmenistan exporting gas to Azerbaijan?
According to the "Turkmen Portal", Turkmenistan was the main gas exporter to Azerbaijan in 2022:Declared gas imports to Azerbaijan in 2022 amounted to 1 billion 16 million 423,6 thousand cubic meters,...
View ArticleWhat demonstrates that "Russia has actually been quite wary of letting China...
In the June 30, 2023 Economist video Ukraine war: will China be the real winner? The Economist's Beijing bureau chief David Rennie begins:China's leader Xi Jinping when this war ends China will be in...
View ArticleWho does the EU represent when negotiating with other countries on trade?
China’s trade surplus with Europe soared during the pandemic asEuropeans bought more goods such as personal protective equipment orelectronics to allow working from home. From 2020 to 2022 the...
View ArticleHow do EU countries handle trade disputes between each other?
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_by_country_e.htmI was looking at this and it seems European countries are sometimes respondent to WTO disputes, and not the EU as a whole, so I was...
View ArticleWhat exactly was Russia supposed to get as part of the Black Sea Grain...
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, was brokered in July of 2022 by Turkey (and the UN?), and involved Russia, Ukraine and other world states. Russia has recently (July 2023) allowed the deal to expire...
View ArticleAny public information confirming arms shipments to Ukrainian ports via grain...
In Russian military Tg channels who mocked the "grain deal" from the beginning, there was a recurring theme that Ukraine is exploiting Russian weakness and unpreparedness for confrontation by hauling...
View ArticleAre Chinese citizens allowed to move freely in and out of free trade zones?
Are Chinese citizens allowed to move freely in and out of free trade zones in China? I heard they can't while foreigners such as tourists from the U.S. can. If this claim is true, why is it so hard to...
View ArticleHave making worker standards part of trade deals been tried?
From an article linked here, comments seem fairly unhappy with immigrants asking for rights as residency. Comments saying they should go back, no one invited them, baffled how they got to the country...
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Does the increase in German exports to Russia's neighbors make up for losses...
DW has this "slide" in one of their YouTube reportages:It shows German exports to Kyrgyzstan increasing by 773% in in Q1 2023, and to a lesser extent a similar pattern happens in Armenia and...
View ArticleWhat's the PVV position on trade with China?
How much decoupling [if any] are they saying they are after? E.g. do they want to limit imports from China, if so how much and by what means? Likewise for exports, e.g. do they support limiting tech...
View ArticleIs there a reason why the EU doesn't pursue a FTA with each individual ASEAN...
Negotiations with Indonesia are ongoing and negotiations with Thailandresumed recently, with the goal of further deepening bilateral tradeand investment relations with both countries. Bilateral Free...
View ArticleWhat are some roadblocks preventing a free trade agreement between the EU and...
Despite the US being the EU’s largest trade and investment partner,there is no dedicated free trade agreement between the EU and the US.The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)...
View ArticleWas there an effort to modify the US-Korea FTA to prevent North Korean goods...
Human Rights Watch generally takes no position on free trade per se,and the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is no exception. Instead,we believe that trade agreements can provide important leverage...
View ArticleWhat gives the U.S. President the legal authority to raise tariffs?
In the last few minutes, President Trump has signed a proclamation to introduce tariffs on most imports of steel and aluminium to the United States.Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution states...
View ArticleHave tariffs/protectionism ever worked?
Has there been a case where an increase in import taxes was linked to an improved economic status in a country? Ie - resulted in net jobs saved, increased GDP etc. It doesn't need to necessarily be...
View ArticleIs imposing tariffs under the pretext of national security illegal under the...
Earlier during Trump's presidency, the U.S. imposed tariffs on foreign steel. Can such political moves be considered illegal under WTO rules?
View ArticleWhat explains the timing of the U.S China trade tariffs and negotiations?
This Wikipedia article dates the start of the U.S. China trade war to January 2018. Link to Wikipedia.Of course trade rhetoric about China probably dates back to the earliest days of the Trump campaign...
View ArticleWas there any WTO litigation made because of fossil fuel subsidies and if not...
https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/data-trends/countries-with-the-highest-fossil-fuel-subsidies-82965https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_status_e.htmLooking at the database, I only...
View ArticleWhich countries have the highest number of state owned enterprises after China?
The state sector has always been an important element of manyeconomies, including the most advanced ones. There are legitimateeconomic and non-economic reasons for state ownership and views on therole...
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