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EU Commission should speed up work on anti-coercion tool, lawmakers urge

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 14 Apr 2021 08:58
  • 14 Apr 2021 08:58
The European Commission should speed up work on a new trade tool to allow the bloc to swiftly respond to coercive actions by other countries, EU lawmakers said.
They also urged the commission to extend the scope of the anti-coercion mechanism to extra-territorial sanctions imposed by trade partners, such as

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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.

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