EGMONT POLICY BRIEF 331 From Carrots to Sticks, To Carrots Again?

how the EU is working within a multilateral setting on the issue of climate change.1 TRADE AGREEMENTS AND TSD CHAPTERS Notwithstanding, the EU’s commitment to embedding sustainability in trade agreements did not start with the In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda iteration of the UN SDGs in 2015. [...] For the first time in an EU FTA, the TSD chapter of this particular FTA foresaw In 2020, the appointment of the Chief Trade Enforcement the possibility of trade sanctions as a matter of last Officer within DG TRADE and the launch of Single resort, in the instance of a serious violation of core TSD Entry Point (SEP), provided further improvements in commitments, amongst which the Paris Agreement on. [...] To address sustainability challenges throughout these For the success of CBAM, the EU relies heavily on the supply chains, in March 2021, the European Parliament “Brussels effect”, that the EU would set the standard called on the Commission to give a legislative proposal for a carbon pricing structure that will be picked up on mandatory value chain due diligence. [...] COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Trade for All Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy. [...] Report on the implementation of the trade policy strategy Trade for All : delivering a progressive trade policy to harness globalisation : communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Publications Office.