27 Aug
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

ECB | Euro area benefits from easing services trade

By Nina Furbach and Iván Ordoñez Martínez Services are playing a growing role in global trade. The ECB Blog shows that this trend has been driven by a decline in non-tariff trade barriers. The euro area has benefited more than other regions and is highly competitive in the services sector. Technological progress is driving a new phase of globalisation. Global trade has long been dominated by manufacturing goods. Yet, over the past decade, services trade has grown significantly faster, as technology...

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27 Aug
Chapter News

European Commission | Investment in education across Europe is on the rise, boosting for EU competitiveness

A new report from the European Commission highlights a positive shift in education funding across Europe, offering a boost to the EU's competitive edge. Titled ‘Investing in Education 2025,' the report details multiple economic and social benefits and shows that public investment in education is recovering after the setbacks of the Covid-19 pandemic - though it has not yet reached the levels seen before the crisis. This uptick supports the goals of the Union of Skills strategy and suggests promising benefits for the...

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26 Aug
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Transatlantic Trade Monitor: Facts You Need Now | USA Tariffs Update: Agreement Reached with EU – New Country-specific Tariffs Adopted

By Dr. Eckart Gottschalk, Dr. Kai Westerwelle, and Dr. Nicolas Wiegand, CMS At a meeting between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 27 July 2025, the US and the EU agreed on the introduction of a uniform, top flat rate for US tariffs of 15 % on goods from the EU. • The 15 % cap applies to almost all EU exports that are currently subject to reciprocal tariffs. However, if a most-favoured nation (MFN) tariff rate...

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26 Aug
Member News

The Medical Link | Travel Medical Vs. Traditional Health Insurance For Moving To The USA

One of your first major considerations while moving to the US for work will be health insurance. Navigating the mostly privatized U.S. healthcare system without insurance might result in extremely costly medical expenses. Traditional Individual Health Insurance and Travel Medical Insurance are two popular choices for newcomers, however they have rather different functions. Making an informed choice for your wellbeing requires an understanding of the basic distinctions between these two. Travel Health Insurance: The Quick Fix Travel medical insurance is temporary...

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25 Aug
Chapter News

ECB | Beyond hysteresis: resilience in Europe’s labour market

Opening panel remarks by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the annual Economic Policy Symposium “The policy implications of labour market transition” organised by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole Jackson Hole, 23 August 2025 Alexis de Tocqueville – one of the keenest observers of early American democracy – once wrote: “History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” In monetary policy, too, we often look to past cycles for...

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25 Aug
Member News

Citi | Tariffs Remain Front and Center

Key Takeaways • Citi Research expects global growth to slow to below 2% in the second half of the year before rebounding to nearly 3% in the first half of 2026. Upside and downside risks to this forecast are roughly balanced. • President Trump continues to aggressively implement tariffs. We judge that the effective tariff rate is likely to remain above 15%, the highest level in decades. • The cost of tariffs is being borne by three groups: foreign exporters, importing U.S....

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25 Aug
Member News

Jaguar Freight | The Weekly Roar – An U.S.-EU deal framework, the expansion of steel and aluminum tariffs, record-breaking container volumes on the West Coast, rising air cargo demand, and dropping diesel prices.

The long-awaited joint statement on the U.S.-EU trade deal was finally published. “The United States and the European Union intend this Framework Agreement to be a first step in a process that can be further expanded over time to cover additional areas and continue to improve market access and increase their trade and investment relationship,” the U.S. and EU said in the joint statement. Here are some key highlights: 1. The EU intends to eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods and to provide...

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22 Aug
Chapter News

European Commission | EU seeks input on revision of rescue and restructuring State aid guidelines

The European Commission has today launched a Call for Evidence and a public consultation to seek input on the scope and content of its revision of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty (‘Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines'). This input will be used to update the Guidelines to ensure that they remain fit to meet their objectives. The Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines set out the conditions under which aid to non-financial undertakings in difficulty may be considered in line...

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22 Aug
Chapter News

The Fed | Speech by Chair Powell on the economic outlook and framework review

At “Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy,” an economic symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Over the course of this year, the U.S. economy has shown resilience in a context of sweeping changes in economic policy. In terms of the Fed's dual-mandate goals, the labor market remains near maximum employment, and inflation, though still somewhat elevated, has come down a great deal from its post-pandemic highs. At the same time,...

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21 Aug
Member News

Troutman Pepper Locke | CFIUS Releases 2024 Annual Report on National Security and Foreign Investment

By Daniel N. Anziska, Megan Conway Rahman, Charlene C. Goldfield, Troutman Pepper Locke On August 6, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) released the unclassified version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 (Report), depicting trends in the number of filings through CY 2024, distribution of foreign acquirer home countries, and updates on compliance and enforcement activity. Key Findings of the Report  CFIUS is required to publish an annual report under Section 721(m) of the Defense Production...

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