‘Made in everywhere’: MEPs clash over reach of EU industrial law
by https://euobserver.com/author/wester-van-gaal/ · EUobserverThe European Parliament’s report is a clear break with the EU commission’s proposal which would apply to virtually every country with a free-trade or procurement deal with the EU.
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By Wester van Gaal,
The MEPs steering the EU’s key industrial law want “Made in Europe” to mean that goods are actually produced in the EU.
Their draft report on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), presented to three parliament committees on Monday (28 September), would reserve the label, and the subsidies and public contracts that come with it, for goods produced in the 27 member states.
Partner countries such as Japan or Korea could be added later, but only if they meet set criteria.
This is a break with the EU commission’s proposal, which would apply to virtually every country with a free-trade or procurement deal with the EU.
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The European Parliament’s report is a clear break with the EU commission’s proposal which would apply to virtually every country with a free-trade or procurement deal with the EU.
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Wester van Gaal is our economics editor. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Motherboard, Vice Media’s technology and science website, and worked as a climate economy journalist for The Correspondent. He is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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