US EditionEstonia Doubts Effectiveness of Proposed EU Trade Restrictions on Israel
The European Commission plans tariffs affecting 37% of Israeli exports to the EU, aiming to pressure Israel over human rights breaches and settlement expansions in Gaza and West Bank.
- On Wednesday, September 17 the European Commission submitted a proposal to the Council of the European Union recommending a partial suspension of trade preferences and sanctions on certain Israeli ministers, settlers and related entities.
- Citing Gaza's humanitarian collapse, the European Commission proposed sanctions against Israel, including suspending trade preferences, citing violations related to aid blockades and settlement expansion.
- EU trade data shows Israel exported about 15.9 billion euros to the EU, which accounts for roughly 32% of its trade, and the Commission estimates exporters would face around 220 million euros in additional tariffs annually targeting specific ministers and Hamas politburo members.
- Under EU rules the measures need a qualified majority in the Council of the European Union and would enter into force 30 days after notifying the EU-Israel Association Council, but proposals currently lack enough backing among the EU's 27 member countries.
- If adopted, Israeli exports to the EU would face WTO most-favoured-nation rules, raising tariffs and costing about 227 million annually amid growing street protests and an independent UN commission's genocide finding intensifying pressure on EU member states.
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The European Commission has announced political and commercial sanctions against the Hebrew state, but the risk that they will be adopted is small.
European Commission proposes suspending Israel's trade benefits over Gaza
The Commission put forward a series of restrictive measures against the Israeli government on Wednesday, in response to the ongoing war in the Palestinian enclave. One of these measures concerns the free trade agreement between the EU and Israel.
European Commission Proposes Suspension of Trade Concessions With Israel
The European Commission presented today its proposal to the EU Council to suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel as well as its proposals for sanctions on extremist ministers and violent settlers and figures from Hamas. The Commission is also putting on hold its bilateral support to Israel, with the exception of support to civil society. The proposals follow a review of Israel's compliance…
Following a proposal by the European Commission (EC) to restrict trade relations with Israel and impose sanctions on its ministers, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Questutis Budris, said that he was skeptical.
CDU foreign politician Hardt was critical of the EU Commission's proposed package of sanctions against Israel.
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