Tag: Anti-Coercion Instrument
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Macron and Merz want a Commission instrument that can sever a trading partner from 450 million consumers, approved unless a qualified majority says no BERLIN, PARIS and BRUSSELS, October 8, 2026 A two-page letter on two letterheads, dated only “Berlin, Paris, October 2026,” left for the Berlaymont on Monday, October 5. It carried the signatures…
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France and Germany want Brussels to be able to shut Chinese goods out of the single market within 24 hours. China’s commerce ministry says the instrument would backfire. The European Parliament weighs in next week, and the Commission tables its package in December. BRUSSELS, October 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting The European Union is…
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With Sefcovic bound for Beijing and a December package of trade instruments in preparation, Brussels is weighing how far it is willing to go BRUSSELS, September 30, 2026 / European officials have begun describing October as make-or-break for the bloc’s commercial relationship with China, a characterisation that until recently would have been dismissed as rhetorical.…