Questions tagged [trade]
Questions relating to international trade; this includes policies effecting trade; like tariffs, quotas and treaties, or organizations regulating and promoting such trade
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Precedents for member states unilaterally overriding EU trade policy (or at least attempting to do that)?
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 ...
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Has the position of the NHS been considered in exploring the option of Brexit while remaining in the EU customs union?
I was watching Channel 4's What happens after a Brexit election?, in which one of the guest introduces the NHS:
The Conservatives aren't having to
answer questions about the details of
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Are there some figures for Moldova's economic benefits from their Association Agreement with the EU?
Moldova has an Association Agreement with the EU which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area as well as some ancillary benefits according to Wikipedia
the modernisation of Moldova's ...
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What is the role of Taiwanese semiconductor industry in Chinese and American policy regarding Taiwan?
Taiwanese semiconductor industry (especially TSMC) is extremly important and valuable on the global scale. Given this:
Is it a major reason for Chinese interest in Taiwan?
Considering possible ...
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Why isn't the TRIMs agreement renegotiated so that large countries such as India and China are no longer considered to be developing countries?
Why isn't the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) renegotiated so that large countries such as India and China are no longer considered to be developing countries? European ...
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Were there any intra-EU concerns expressed that Germany was practicing dumping prices on aluminium sheets?
Reuters reports on the new anti-dumping duties imposed by the Biden administration on aluminium sheets (worldwide):
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday issued final anti-dumping duties on common ...
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Are there past examples of China commiting to and then managing to boost its imports by dozens of billions of dollars?
In the recently announced US-China [mini]deal
China has pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.
I'm curious how realistic is the first ...
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What'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 ...
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Did the Semiconductor Industry Association criticize exports restriction to China before?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67141987
Nvidia has said in a filing that the new export restrictions will block sales of two high-end artificial intelligence chips it created for the Chinese ...
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Correlation between companies' tariff exemptions/exclusions and political social media postings
The U.S. has recently had tariffs on the import of steel under two administrations by opposing political parties. I would assume, but don't know, that a 25% difference in the cost of raw materials ...
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Are the Withhold Release Orders published by US Customs and Border Protection the subject of the CBP's own investigations; is such evidence published?
The US CBP has issued a Withhold Release Order on a major Malaysian palm oil producer
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-detention-order-palm-oil-produced-forced-labor-...
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Was there an effort to modify the US-Korea FTA to prevent North Korean goods from entering America duty-free?
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 ...
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After stopping production of opium, how does Afghanistan's government plan to offset the lost inflow of money going forward?
Thought some of the sources it cites are ten years old or more, Wikipedia's Afghanistan; Economy; Agriculture says
Agricultural production is the backbone of Afghanistan's economy and has ...
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