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As trade war brews, EU scrambles to gauge what Chinese retaliation lies ahead
22 May 2024 03:40 GMT
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Across the West, as trade tensions with China worsen, policymakers … that the EU trade chief at the time, Karel de Gucht, owned an … a challenge at the World Trade Organization – a message it … The EU has devised its trade and competition instruments with WTO …
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Dust off your CV: The EU is going to need a new trade chief
08 May 2024 04:46 GMT
… not compare in terms of trade impact.
Soft … but secure
As … waltz, the EU’s next trade chief will need to be … was Latvian prime minister, while De Gucht was Belgium’s top diplomat … have become more systematic in trade defense and enforcement, defending our …
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Beijing’s anti-dumping probe of French brandy could be the ‘first bullet’ in a Europe-China trade war
12 Jan 2024 16:26 GMT
… has often targeted bilateral trade as a tried-and- … Interprofessionnel du Cognac, a trade association representing brandy makers.
… the context of a trade disagreement between the European … words of then-EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht, where Europe set …
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EU's trade pressure on China to hurt relations, harm European revival
30 Nov 2023 22:42 GMT
… , and recently, Karel De Gucht, former European trade commissioner, claimed that … 39;s political community.
De Gucht was right about one … because such protectionism runs against normal trade rules and … on European businesses.
Trade is fundamentally based on …
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EU trade commissioner to seek relief from export barriers during China visit
22 Sep 2023 07:06 GMT
… news every morning.
EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will … as concern about a trade deficit that has ballooned … according to former EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht, who held the … a very healthy signal.”
De Gucht concurred: “Germany certainly has …
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The EU lost a trade war with China 10 years ago. Has it learned?
22 Sep 2023 02:39 GMT
… decade ago: former EU trade chief Karel De Gucht.
When De Gucht pushed for anti-dumping … through.”
Because of the timing, De Gucht argues, the Commission should have … the industry, said De Gucht.
According to the Belgian former trade commissioner, a …
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France presses EU to declare trade war against China
15 Jun 2023 14:19 GMT
… Commission's chief trade enforcement officer, Denis Redonnet, … forced then EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht to back down from … Beijing silently blocked most trade with Lithuania after the … consequences for EU-China trade relations. Should there actually …
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No alternative to multilateralism in global trade: Karel De Gucht
01 Dec 2019 08:25 GMT
… on need to remove trade barriers,” said Karel De Gucht, a former EU … Commissioner for Trade, and a … need to develop global trade is unquestionable. The problem … has been growing substantially.”
“Trade is picking up speed. …
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EU blunders in Ukraine show limits of trade as foreign policy
26 Jan 2022 16:11 GMT
… protection racket rather than trade agreements.Putin occasionally … and Russia to cooperate on trade, but Brussels – unquestionably … aback. Karel De Gucht, who was the EU trade commissioner at … changing face of international trade and globalisation. Written …
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Europe’s glory days of trade deals are over
01 Sep 2021 03:31 GMT
… Singapore in 2010, the then trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht, quoted the British historian … .”
And that was even before De Gucht launched negotiations with the U … front for protectionism and they regularly mock the Parliament’s trade committee …