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Joanna Sopinska
Senior Correspondent
Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.
She holds a postgraduate diploma in the European public affairs from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and an MA in international relations from University of Lódź in Poland.
Selected Insights by Joanna
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EU-bound steel goods will continue to face “safeguard” restrictions for another three years as part of the bloc’s bid to offset US steel tariffs. -
EU public-procurement markets should be restricted for businesses from countries whose own markets are not open to European companies. -
The EU has begun a legal action against the UK government after its decision to extend the grace period for some post-Brexit agrifood import controls in Northern Ireland. -
The EU will strengthen its trade policy tools to be able to “effectively” respond to “multiple scenarios” on the world stage. -
The UK’s plan to roll over EU trade-defense measures after the end of Brexit transition period has drawn the opposition of Russia and China.