Combining security policy and trade policy, it is a defence and deterrence tool designed to prevent coercion by creating penalties for whichever country is performing the coercion. [5]

Regulation 2023/2675 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion (or the Anti-Coercion Instrument), entering into force on 27 December 2023, establishes a framework for …

Feb 4, 2025 · What is the Anti-Coercion Instrument? In short, the ACI provides a legal framework for a centralized and structured EU response to third country “coercion” through diplomatic means and, …

Apr 8, 2025 · The anti-coercion instrument has not yet been used, but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen did appear to leave the door open on April 1, just ahead of Trump’s tariff …

Feb 21, 2025 · WHAT IS THE ACI? The ACI provides a legal framework for responding to economic coercion exercised by third countries against the EU or its Member States.

Feb 19, 2025 · In this blog post, we provide an insight into the functioning of perhaps the most assertive (yet so far unused) trade instrument at the EU’s disposal to retaliate, the EU Anti-Coercion …

Apr 2, 2025 · The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation, in force since December 2023, equips the EU with a direct tool to counter third-country economic coercion by imposing targeted response measures.

3 hours ago · The EU's so-called trade "bazooka," or Anti-Coercion Instrument, offers a range of punitive measures that can be used against trade rivals that try to threaten the bloc. Among them are …

On December 27, 2023, the European Union’s new Anti-Coercion Instrument (Regulation 2023/2675) (the ‘ACI’) came into force. It aims to protect the European Union (the EU), and its Member States, …

Sep 20, 2023 · The aim of the anti-coercion tool is to act as a deterrent, allowing the EU to resolve trade conflicts through negotiation. However, as a last resort it could be used to launch countermeasures …