EU might postpone sanctions against US

Political, public and media pressure is growing in the European Union to retaliate against US protective steel import tariffs. According to the Financial Times, the EU has warned that striking back is crucial as otherwise it will weaken the public support for open trade.

The US has warned that it might retaliate if the EU decides to go ahead with its planned mid-June retaliation against US protective steel import tariffs. The EU is considering 100 per cent tariffs on different US goods, like rice, citrus fruit and clothing, if Washington refuses to compensate EU losses on the steel conflict.

The EU's trade chief travelled to China to send a clear message: the EU does not want to cut off ties, but fair competition is needed and more action is necessary to rebalance the current Brussels-Beijing €400bn trade deficit.

The EU's Common Fisheries Policy has all the provisions needed for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements to successfully work as a "'race to the top' rather than to the bottom, argues former MEP Isabella Lövin.

Gaps in EU law mean 9.5 million domestic workers, many of whom are women and undocumented migrants, face exclusion from minimum labour rights.

EU member states will most likely back watered-down #euro-7 emissions standards for cars and trucks.