Photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash The USA and China have agreed to set up working groups to discuss specific issues, with at the same time President Biden issuing carefully targeted curbs on US firms investing in Chinese tech companies. This twin-track approach should be seen as a sensible and practical development. Western nations have struggled to establish…
Photo by Alex Azabache on Unsplash Parliamentarian cooperation “will be crucial” to strengthening ties between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean. This is the keynote message to emerge from the 15th plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) taking place in Madrid from 24 to 27 July. The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly is a trans-national…
Photo by Parker Hilton on Unsplash MEPs and Latin American parliamentarians have highlighted the importance of revitalising rules-based multilateralism and working together to recover from recent crises. The 15th Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) that took place this week in Madrid concluded its work on Thursday (27 July) with participants highlighting the need to continue promoting and strengthening…
Photo by Tim Krauss on Unsplash Russia’s decision to halt an agreement that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa where hunger is a growing threat has been condemned. Russia’s announcement on Monday that it would end the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain, also to the Middle East and Asia, has provoked a…
Photo by Julian Berengar Sölter on Unsplash The 43rd session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly among the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union (ACP-EU JPA) has kicked off in Brussels. The summit (24-28 June) will represent an important occasion to raise debates and put forward possible common solutions to face global crises like climate change,…
Photo by Nikolay Vorobyev on Unsplash EU member states have adopted an eleventh package of economic and individual restrictive measures against Russia. A statement on Friday said they are “intended to strengthen existing EU sanctions and crack down on their circumvention.thereby further eroding Putin’s war machine and his revenues.” Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy “Our sanctions are already…
Photo by Luis Vidal on Unsplash The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited Mexico on Thursday (15 June) to meet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This was the first visit of the head of the European Commission to Mexico in 11 years and it aimed to relaunch the bilateral relationship and the Strategic Partnership…
Photo by Alex Vasey on Unsplash The London Court of appeal irrevocably dismissed, on Thursday, the appeal by the pro-separatist NGO “WSC” against a previous decision by the administrative Court, rejecting its application to reconsider the Association Agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom. This third setback since last December for the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity confirms…
Photo by Imad Alassiry on Unsplash Sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex and a ban on imports of Russian raw materials will weaken Putin’s war machine Russian defence companies not hit by sanctions are importing goods from EU countries for the war against Ukraine. Among these purchases are rifles and body armour for soldiers, machine tools for missiles, and microchips…
Photo by Yellow Cactus on Unsplash The International Trade Committee in the European parliament has given its green light on for another one-year suspension of EU import duties on Ukrainian exports to support the country’s economy. Members of the International Trade Committee approved a proposal to renew the suspension of import duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguards on Ukrainian…
