The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is out. While the communication is mostly a grab bag of announcements for future legislative proposals, it still marks a real shift in how the EU approaches industrial policy—and, for the most part, a positive one. Three key takeaways: ec.europa.eu/commission/p... - ThreadSky

nilsredeker.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is out. While the communication is mostly a grab bag of announcements for future legislative proposals, it still marks a real shift in how the EU approaches industrial policy—and, for the most part, a positive one. Three key takeaways:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_550

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nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

First, the communication covers the whole array of possible EU level industrial policy instruments: from single market regulation, to trade policy, procurement and state aid rules. No suprise here as last week's leaks already showed this broad approach.

nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

But it marks a real shift from past approaches, which dabbled in trade policy here and permitting rules there without tying different instruments into a coherent strategy. The Clean Industrial Deal now makes clear that EU industrial policy requires different tools to pull in the same direction.

nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Second, the CID paves the way for a more strategic use of existing EU tools. Case in point: it proposes de facto local content requirements in upcoming legislation on private and public procurement.

nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

This would be a real novum in EU policy—but also one of the smarter ways to do industrial policy. Demand-side measures are relatively light on governance, open to all EU producers, and don’t force governments to pick winners.

nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

The CID also pledges to make “fast and efficient” use of EU trade defense instruments, particularly in response to (Chinese) overcapacities. This includes exploring tweaks that would enable the Commission to launch more—and faster—ex-officio investigations into foreign subsidies.

nilsredeker.bsky.social•1 day ago

The latter may also signal a willingness to rebalance the need for swift responses to global market shifts with the Commission’s strict interpretation of WTO rules, which currently require meticulous empirical investigations before imposing anti-subsidy tariffs.

tomaswyns.bsky.social•1 day ago

They should have done this years ago.

tomaswyns.bsky.social•1 day ago

This seems to be voluntary and limited to 1-2 sectors?

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