EU Launches New Trade Barrier Complaint System
The European Commission launched a new complaint system to allow companies, trade groups and member states to report market access barriers presented by trading partners, a Nov. 16 news release said. The system will help the European Union’s “increased efforts…
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to strengthen the enforcement and implementation of trade agreements” and will allow industry an increased voice in government priorities. “Stakeholders now will play a direct role in ensuring that EU trade policy delivers both on trade opportunities and on raising labour and environmental standards,” Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said. Complaints must include a “detailed factual description of the issue at stake,” and when market access is the issue, must include a description of “the alleged barrier's potential economic impact.”