Phil Hogan
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 63 |
| Date of birth | July 4,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Kilkenny |
| Ireland | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Office | Member of Dáil Éireann |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Children | Edward Hogan |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | University College Cork |
| St Kieran's College | |
| St. Kieran's College | |
| Books | A Pleasure and a Calling |
| All this will be yours | |
| The Freedom Thing | |
| Parenting Made Difficult: Notes from the Alphabet Soup of Fatherhood | |
| Hitting the Groove | |
| Movies/Shows | Bauer unser |
| Previous position | European Commissioner for Trade (2019–2020) |
| Parents | Tom Hogan |
| Maura Hogan | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 472461 |
Phil Hogan Life story
Philip Hogan is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade between 2019 and 2020, and previously European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development between 2014 and 2019.
WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body
... In a statement the EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan said the WTO s problems are a regrettable and very serious blow to the international rules-based trade system ...
General election 2019: Johnson 'misrepresenting' Brexit deal, says Corbyn
... Speaking in Dublin, EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said that under Mr Johnson s Brexit deal Northern Ireland would remain in the UK customs territory and, at the same time, benefit from access to the single market without tariffs, quotas, checks or controls ...
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... Phil Hogan (Ireland): trade, Mr Hogan - the so-called Big Phil - has the EU s point man in the future in any Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom...
Brexit backstop: Will do the DUP is a political 180?
... The Prime Minister claimed that the backstop disappear So a compromise of sorts is the tracks come from? the warmer words said this week by some in Brussels, with the Irish EU Commissioner Phil Hogan that he believed were certainly, there is movement on both sides ...
The Papers: Soap star knife row and new foreign student rules
... But the Guardian reports that the newly appointed EU trade commissioner, Phil Hogan, it was some distance from a Brexit solution ...
New EU Commission team enshrines gender equality
... Mrs von der Leyen s list features some new posts within the Commission, but who are the key players? Phil Hogan (Ireland) Nominee for Trade CommissionerIn his current role as EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, the former Irish government minister has criticised the UK government s attitude during Brexit negotiations and what he has called the tough guy approach of some Brexiteers ...
Brexit: Boris Johnson to discuss options with DUP leaders
... I remain hopeful that the penny is finally dropping with the UK that there are pragmatic and practical solutions that can actually be introduced into the debate at this stage - albeit at the 11th hour - that may find some common ground between the EU and the UK, Ireland s Phil Hogan Parliament was suspended - or prorogued - at just before 02:00 BST on Tuesday amid noisy protests from opposition MPs...
WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body
Director General of the World Trade Organisation Roberto Azevedo says it will take "a few months" to fix its main body for settling trade disputes.
It has ground to a halt because the US has blocked The Appointment of new judges.
A minimum of three are needed and today there is just one in place.
The Appellate Body has The Final say on disputes that cover billions of dollars of International Trade and its decisions are supposed to be binding.
However, now that it has ceased to function and can't take on new cases Mr Azevedo conceded that "significant changes in the dispute settlement mechanism" will be needed and that "intensive consultations" will start immediately.
These are likely to include "looking at issues like how fast can the disputes settlement work", he said in a BBC interview
The Wto 's Appellate Body's been called "probably the busiest international dispute settlement system in The World "Those changes are being demanded by President Trump's administration in Washington. Their argument is that The Wto has treated the United States unfairly. Some of their criticisms are shared by other countries but others are not. Despite this Mr Azevedo says that Donald Trump 's tenure as US President is not a barrier to reaching a solution.
"It's whether we can find fixes that everybody can live with".
He adds that, "these are extremely complex conversations and negotiations and very political in nature, so we have to understand this is not something that is going to be solved overnight, just like that".
Mr Trump's role is disputed by Professor James Bacchus, a former chairman, or chief judge, of The Wto Appellate Body as well as a former US trade negotiator. He told the BBC there is "little chance of resolving this while Donald Trump is still President in a way that will continue to preserve the independence and impartiality of the Appellate Body and the rest of The Wto dispute settlement system".
He says that whilst the US has won the vast majority of cases it has bought at The Wto it has repeatedly violated the trade remedies imposed on it by the Organisation .
President Trump has denied that he would pull the US out of The WtoProfessor Bacchus says that many of the US claims against The Wto are "trumped up".
The US, however, thinks that The Wto dispute system interprets The Wto rules in a way that creates new obligations for WTO members,
One area that particularly grates in Washington is dumping, when a foreign supplier sells goods abroad more cheaply than at home. The US and others have used a disputed method for assessing whether goods have been dumped and how much the The Price is below what it should be.
'Rule of power'It's not explicitly prohibited by The Wto rules, but the Appellate Body took The View that it was in effect against their spirit.
Professor Bacchus says that immobilizing The Wto Appellate Body is an attempt by the US to replace the rule of law in trade "with the rule of power".
Instead of turning to The Wto President Trump has repeatedly used tariffs to address his trade concerns, seeing them as a way to gain leverage over his adversaries. This has meant tit for tat tariffs against China in what is becoming a protracted trade war. They have also been used in disputes with countries including Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and the European Union .
With The Wto paralysed, these other countries may now be tempted to lend their support to the EU plans for a new an alternative interim system for settling International Trade disputes. China, The World 's second biggest economy, is also now reported to be looking to support The Move .
In a statement the EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan said The Wto 's problems are a "regrettable and very serious blow to The International rules-based trade system". And despite believing that a "comprehensive package of reform" is needed for The Wto he thinks it remains indispensable for ensuring open and fair trade.
The Wto 's Director General isn't concerned that any interim arrangement for settling disputes, however widely supported, will replaced his organization just 24 years after it was founded.
Mr Azevedo says "I think what we need to do is not lose focus on finding the permanent solution while at the same time we're working on some temporary fixes".
world trade organization, trade war, donald trump
Source of news: bbc.com
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