(Washington DC, Brussels Belgium, Montreal Canada, Tokyo Japan — 9 December 2021)

The aluminium associations of the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan welcome the commitment of Ministers to “…renew their Trilateral partnership to address the global challenges posed by non-market policies and practices of third countries that undermine and negatively affect our workers and businesses.

On Thursday 9 December 2021, the European Commission has jointly presented its proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work and its action plan for the social economy “Building an economy that works for people”.

Commenting on the proposals, Valeria Ronzitti, SGI Europe General Secretary, said:

On the social economy action plan:

On 7 December, fourteen experts holding the Chair or Secretariat of a CEN and CENELEC Technical Body were celebrated at the CEN and CENELEC Technical Body Awards. The ceremony took place in a hybrid format from CEN and CENELEC’s Brussels headquarters.

Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for a new trade tool that would empower the EU to impose countermeasures on third countries trying to coerce the EU or its member states. With this new tool the EU could impose restrictions on trade and investment, as well as intellectual property rights, if the other side does not backtrack or agree on finding a solution in line with international rules.

The European hydrogen industry joins forces calling on the European Commission to compliment the Fit-for-55 package with a workable approach to additionality, geographic and temporal correlation. This Delegated Act is decisive to achieving the Hydrogen Strategy targets, deploying large scale renewable hydrogen projects and keeping the ambition of the proposed Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) revision.