Joanna Sopinska

Brussels

Global Chief Correspondent at MLex

Chief #Trade Correspondent @MLexclusive | Tweets in EN/PL | RT≠ endorsement, 📩 [email protected]

Featured in: Favicon

mlexmarketinsight.com Favicon

mlex.com

Articles

‘A lot of ground’ covered in talks with US on deal to avoid tariffs, EU says

1 week ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( April 15, 2025, 12:04 GMT | Insight) -- The first round of EU-US negotiations on an alternative-to-tariffs trade deal covered “a lot of ground” as the two sides “explored the scope for a fair and mutually beneficial deal,” the European Commission’s trade spokesman said. The work will then continue at expert level, with top officials from the EU and US remaining in close contact.
Risk of Chinese exports shifting to EU grows amid US tariff hikes

1 week ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( April 14, 2025, 12:11 GMT | Insight) -- The risk of Chinese exports to the US being diverted to the EU is growing, as the latest statistics already indicate such a trend. China's exports to the EU during the first quarter of this year rose by 5.8 percent to $854.7 billion, according to data released today by China's General Administration of Customs.
Risk of Chinese exports shifting to EU grows amid US tariff hikes (correct*)

1 week ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( April 14, 2025, 12:11 GMT | Insight) -- The risk of Chinese exports to the US being diverted to the EU is growing, as the latest statistics already indicate such a trend. China's exports* in the first quarter of this year rose by 5.8 percent to $854.7 billion, according to data released today by China's General Administration of Customs.
EU retaliatory toolbox should include US services, Germany and France say

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( April 7, 2025, 14:00 GMT | Insight) -- Beyond goods, the EU's retaliatory plan against US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs should also target US services to strengthen its negotiating position, French and German trade ministers said today.
Chinese EV makers, Tesla backed by Hungary in appeals of EU anti-subsidy duties

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 31, 2025, 10:57 GMT | Insight) -- Hungary plans to back Chinese electric-vehicle producers and US producer Tesla in their appeals against EU anti-subsidy duties on imports of electric vehicles made in China, MLex has learned.
Target US services to drag Trump to negotiating table, EU's Demarty says

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 28, 2025, 11:52 GMT | Comment) -- The EU should target US digital and financial services in response to reciprocal tariffs to bring President Trump to the negotiating table, Jean-Luc Demarty, a former head of the European Commission's trade department, told MLex.
EU’s Šefčovič to meet US counterparts to agree on tariff alternative

1 month ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 24, 2025, 11:59 GMT | Insight) -- EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will arrive in Washington today for talks on a solution that would allow the EU and the US to avoid a trade war, the European Commission has said. Negotiations will restart after the bloc last week rescinded the first phase of its retaliation in response to the US steel and aluminum tariffs.
Tighter EU rules for global steel imports win governments’ backing

1 month ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 20, 2025, 17:24 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments today approved a proposal for stricter rules on global steel imports into the bloc, paving the way for their entry into force on April 1, MLex has learned. It is understood that more than 20 countries backed the revised safeguard measure, which is estimated to cut EU steel imports by 15 percent.
EU considering delay of first-phase retaliation to US tariffs, Šefčovič says

1 month ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 20, 2025, 11:47 GMT | Insight) -- The EU is considering delaying its first round of retaliatory tariffs against US steel and aluminum tariffs to mid-April to impose them together with phase two measures, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič told EU lawmakers today.
Glass fiber yarns from China subject to EU dumping duties of up to 56 percent

1 month ago | mlex.com | Joanna Sopinska

By Joanna Sopinska ( March 19, 2025, 09:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Chinese glass fiber yarns will face definitive dumping duties of up to 56.1 percent at the EU borders, the European Commission said in a notice today. The EU executive has ordered customs authorities to collect provisional duties that were imposed on the Chinese imports last October, to prevent stockpiling.