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Last week USTR published its 38th annual “National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers”. Coming just a few weeks after the March 1, 2023 release of the 2023 President’s Trade Agenda, this offers insights into issues around EU-US trade policy as well as US perspectives on global value chain regulation. Plus it has a handy country-by-country breakdown. So it’s worth a read.

This package of European Commission proposals comes hot on the heels of the February communication on a Green Industrial Plan.

The announcement that the #europeancommission has submitted draft decisions on signature and conclusion to the #council indicates that legal scrubbing is complete and the authenticated text is ready for adoption by the EU!

The newly announced "Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate" has no less than 4 co-leads: #EU #Kenya #newzealand and #Eucador and 27 jurisdictions signed up (so far).

European Commission Proposal to ban products made from forced labour.

• It prohibits economic operators from placing and making available on the Union market or exporting from the Union market products made with forced labour (Article 3).