SHEIN gets designated as a Very Large Online Platform by the EU
On April 2024, SHEIN was designated as a Very Large Online Platform under the EU's Digital Service Act which comes with stricter regulation on its operations and content moderation.
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First investigation under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation involves the United Arab Emirates.
The European Commission has launched, for the first time, an in-depth investigation under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) to one of UAE's state-owned companies Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (e&). This carries implications to state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth and...
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WTO ruling agrees that EU’s RED II unfairly discriminates against Malaysia’s palm oil but the 7% limit on palm-based biofuel is allowed.
Following the trade dispute brought by Malaysia against the European Union at the World Trade Organisation, the dispute settlement panel has since issued its first ruling, agreeing with some, but not all, of the charges brought by Malaysia against the...
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Repairing the EU-ASEAN disconnect in trade relations
On 16 April 2024, ASEANcham-EU had the privilege of participating in the Friends of Europe’s EU-ASEAN Forum on a panel entitled: ‘Repairing the disconnect: the role of norms and values in EU-ASEAN trade relations’. In this Critical Thinking article Joses...
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