Tobacco and Steel: DG Trade and its Transparency Issues – Stainless Espresso
Tobacco and Steel: DG Trade and its Transparency Issues 28 August 2026 – The European Ombudsman is scrutinising DG Trade’s contacts with the tobacco industry. The same Directorate General writes steel tariffs, quotas and Melt and Pour rules. A documented...
PPWR: Brussels Passes a Law and Recommends Not Enforcing It – Stainless Espresso
PPWR: Brussels Passes a Law and Recommends Not Enforcing It 14 August 2026 – The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has applied since 12 August. On the very same day, Brussels recommended that authorities would be better off not enforcing it. The...
Section 232 Adjustment: Incentives for Investment in the United States – Stainless Espresso
Section 232 Adjustment: Incentives for Investment in the United States 21 July 2026 – On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump changed the Section 232 tariffs on aluminum to create incentives for investment in the United States. Meanwhile, Brussels continues to...
The Protectionism Spiral: When Europe Protects Itself into Poverty – Stainless Espresso
The Protectionism Spiral: When Europe Protects Itself into Poverty 16 July 2026 – More protection, more tariffs, more subsidies: with its protectionism spiral turning ever faster, Europe is increasingly driving itself into economic irrelevance, while the real...
CBAM Certificate Platform: Brussels’ Next Bureaucracy Trap – Stainless Espresso
CBAM Certificate Platform: Brussels’ Next Bureaucracy Trap 13 July 2026 – This week is off to a dirty start. Stainless steel: already 80,000 MT of slabs on their way to Europe, or: EU market protection à la carte. Last week, the European Commission...Advertisements
