23/10/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 23 October, the European Council gave final approval to the ‘anti-coercion’ tool, which will enable the EU to impose countermeasures on a third country that exercises economic coercion over the Union or one of its Member States (see EUROPE B13195A1). The regulation is primarily intended to act as a deterrent, but it also allows the EU to adopt countermeasures, such as imposing trade restrictions, exclusion from European programmes or...