The EU should react cool-headed to the protectionist trade policy of the Trump administration, says BDI President Dieter Kempf as a response to the US customs on aluminium and steel. “Make America Gre ...
Reinvigorating and Rebalancing the Multilateral Trading System The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ensures rule-based trade as well as the settlement of disputes in a structured manner among its 164 m ...
The BDI warns against a targeted weakening of the World Trade Organization. Washington is undermining international trade law. Challenges relating to global trade can only be resolved multilaterally. ...
Strengthening the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Reinvigorating and Rebalancing the Multilateral Trading System The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ensures rule-based trade as well as the settlemen ...
The accession of the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 raised hopes around the world that the multilateral trading order would serve as a catalyst for far-reachi ...
Protectionism is on the rise. In addition to import and export tariffs, market access barriers include quantitative import restrictions, unnecessarily complicated technical standards, and subsidies. T ...
For Better Responsiveness in Trade Disputes In December 2019, the European Commission proposed amendments to the EU Enforcement Regulation in order to be able to respond to trade policy disputes as lo ...
Export Restrictions Impair Ability to Respond to the Crisis Global trade will experience a sharp drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic; the World Trade Organization (WTO) expects a decline between 13 and ...
The dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is in deep crisis as the United States blocks the appointment of members to the Appellate Body (AB). The EU has responded by revi ...
Position on Possible EU Measures in Response to U.S. Tariffs Subsequent to the Boeing-Airbus Disputes Since mid-October 2019, the United States levy retaliatory tariffs on numerous products from th ...
