On Monday 16 April, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted the final version of the new regulation on the trade defence instruments of the EU, which was born of the inter-institutional agreement in December 2017 (see EUROPE 11931), paving the way for its final adoption by the European Parliament in May.
The United Kingdom and Sweden voted against the text and Ireland abstained, in a vote by qualified majority.
The regulation modifies the current legal framework, which allows higher...