02 Apr
Member News

EIB | Close to 200 billion of investment mobilised with EIB Advisory’s support in 2024

The European Investment Bank Group’s advisory services are helping projects get off the ground worldwide and have contributed to mobilising close to €200 billion of investment in 2024, according to the annual EIB Advisory Report released today. Advisory staff work with clients to prepare projects, support strategic planning and market development, and offer training to the public and private sectors. In 2024, the demand for EIB Group advisory services continued to be especially high in Southern and Eastern Europe. Most advisory assignments...

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02 Apr
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

The White House | Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits

Executive Order | April 2, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find...

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01 Apr
Chapter News

European Commission | A modernised cohesion policy to boost the EU’s strategic priorities

Today, the European Commission is revising the EU's cohesion policy to better support EU competitiveness and decarbonisation, defence and security, the Eastern border regions as well as affordable housing, water resilience, and the energy transition. The objective of this initiative is to make cohesion policy more effective, by encouraging Member States and regions to invest in the European strategic priorities, while maintaining the focus of cohesion policy on reducing economic, social and territorial disparities. Member States will be invited to...

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01 Apr
Chapter News

ECB | The transformative power of AI

Welcome address by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the ECB conference on “The transformative power of AI: economic implications and challenges” in Frankfurt, Germany. It is a pleasure to welcome you to our conference on the transformative power of AI. In the early stages of a new technological breakthrough, it is often hard to discern fact from fiction. We struggle to imagine the ways in which the new technology will be used. And even if we predict the direction...

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01 Apr
Chapter News

European Council | Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025

"Check against delivery" Madam President, dear Roberta, Mr President of the European Council, dear António, Honourable Members, Today, I would like to focus on the threats to global prosperity and stability and the rise of protectionism. And as our domestic agenda cannot be seen separately from global developments around us, let me start with the US tariffs. When the dream of a united Europe began, it started with a simple idea: Let us create one Single Market. Let us break barriers and take tariffs...

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01 Apr
Chapter News

Export-Import Bank of the United States Approves More Than $350 Million in Transactions

Transactions Include Seventh Make More in America Deal, Highlighting Bank Support of Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain Washington, D.C. – The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) last week approved three transactions amounting to more than $350 million in financing to support domestic exports and Bank priorities. The first transaction of the day was an $11 million loan for IperionX Technology LLC to support the purchase and installation of industrial metals processing equipment. This transaction is...

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31 Mar
Chapter News

European Commission | Action Plan for Affordable Energy

To deliver on the Clean Industrial Deal, Europe needs affordable energy. A set of concrete short-term and structural measures will provide competitiveness, affordability, security and sustainability for citizens and businesses. Energy is a building block and a driving force of our Union, and an area where most actions to mitigate climate change can be taken. However, high energy costs are hurting EU citizens and businesses. Energy poverty affects more than 46 million Europeans and electricity is about 3 times more expensive than...

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31 Mar
Member News

Linklaters | Corporate Transparency Act Only Applies to Non-U.S. Companies?

U.S. M&A Newsletter On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that eliminates the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to submit their beneficial ownership information reports (“BOIRs”) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) implementing regulations. Under the interim final rule, the definition of a “reporting company” now exclusively means companies that were formed under the laws of a foreign country that have...

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31 Mar
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Jaguar Freight | The Weekly Roar – Fees on Chinese-built vessels, a NEW 25% tariff, preparing for more D&D, changes to the NMFC, and a C grade for US infrastructure.

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) previously proposed hefty fees on Chinese-owned and Chinese-built vessels that enter U.S. ports, hoping to impact China’s dominance in global shipbuilding and logistics. Industry stakeholders are speaking out, including the National Retail Federation and major importers, strongly oppose the plan, warning of higher costs, supply chain disruptions, and port congestion. And if that isn’t bad enough, critics also warn that instead of boosting U.S. shipbuilding, it will simply shift cargo to Canadian ports. Some industry experts...

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28 Mar
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Transatlantic Trade Monitor: Facts You Need Now | Canada Imposes 25% Retaliatory Surtax on Certain US Goods

By Sabrina A. Bandali, Alison FitzGerald, George Reid, Jessica Horwitz, Andrei Mesesan and Quinn Scarlett, Bennett Jones LLP This blog was published on March 5, 2025, and is accurate as of that date. The tariff landscape is evolving quickly. Please contact one of the authors or a member of the Bennett Jones International Trade and Investment group for the most up-to-date guidance on US tariffs and Canadian surtaxes. On February 1, 2025, US President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order announcing a 25% tariff on...

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