EU Parliament Votes On Climate Agenda
During the plenary session held the first week of June, the European Parliament voted on several items related to the European Union’s (EU) “Fit for 55” climate package. Debate and division continue to...
View ArticleEU Reaches Provisional Agreement on Carbon Import Charge
Key Points - The co-legislators of the EU recently reached a provisional agreement on a regulation for a CBAM. CBAM will require importers to the EU of covered carbon-intensive products to pay a charge...
View ArticleUK Opens Consultation on Policy Responses to Carbon Leakage
On 30 March 2023, the United Kingdom Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNEZ) and the UK Treasury opened a public consultation on policies to reduce carbon leakage risk and support...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Approves CBAM, ETS Revision and Deforestation Rules
With 487 votes in favor to 81 against and 75 abstentions, the European Parliament voted yesterday to adopt a regulation on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Negotiators for the Parliament...
View ArticleThe EU IP Harmonization Package to Include EU-wide compulsory License
Key Points - The EU aims to harmonize patent protection rules and flexibilities with a layer on top of national rules. This is in line with long-term efforts by the EU institutions to harmonize patent...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Consults on CBAM Reporting Obligations
On Tuesday, the European Commission published a draft Implementing Regulation for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The regulation sets rules for the reporting obligations during the CBAM...
View ArticleWhat's Causing EU-US Impasse On Steel And Aluminum
In October 2021, the European Union and the United States launched negotiations for a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum, or GASSA, which would link import restraints to exporting...
View ArticleFollowing EU, UK to Levy a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The UK announced that it will require importers to pay a carbon levy on certain goods imported from countries with a lower or no carbon price. Covered goods under the UK’s carbon border adjustment...
View ArticleSwitzerland Eliminates All Tariffs on All Industrial Goods
As of 1 January 2024, imports of industrial goods into Switzerland are exempt from customs duties. Together with other tariff simplification measures, this is expected to result in yearly customs...
View ArticleWTO Dispute Settlement–What to Expect in 2024
The year 2024 holds the potential for significant developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. With the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February,...
View ArticleFluoropolymer Focus
As federal and state governments race to regulate a class of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), their broad efforts sweep in thousands of individual chemicals—from those for...
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