Negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the US-EU free trade agreement, is back on track! After completing an ambitious first round of negotiations in July, the United States was forced to cancel the second round of negotiations scheduled for October due to the shutdown of the U.S. government. Today, however, the Office of […]
China Challenges EU Compliance With WTO Fasteners Ruling
The People’s Republic of China this week requested consultations with the European Union to resolve a longstanding trade dispute over the assessment of antidumping duties on Chinese iron and steel fasteners. According to China, the EU has not complied with the July 2011 WTO Appellate Body (AB) ruling that found the EU to have violated its […]
Slovakia hosts regional summit on economic recovery
This week Slovakia’s president, Ivan Gašparovič, hosted 19 of his counterparts from the region for the 18th Summit of Central European Heads of State in Bratislava. The theme of the conference was “Growth Strategy for Post-Crisis Recovery.” Pushing the idea that “Central European countries, particularly Czech Republic and Slovakia, are considered to have visionary fiscal reforms […]