EU’s green demands are jamming trade talks with India
Published on 25/09/2025 - 14:39 GMT+2 •Updated 15:05 ADVERTISEMENT Negotiations over the sustainability chapter of the trade agreement with India are proving “challenging” the Commission’s…
EU Commissioner Sefcovic flies to Indonesia to finalise trade deal
Published on 22/09/2025 - 16:37 GMT+2 •Updated 16:48 ADVERTISEMENT EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič landed in Indonesia on Monday with the hope of closing a…
MEPs call on European Commission to drop energy purchase promise in EU-US trade deal
Published on 15/09/2025 - 15:34 GMT+2 •Updated 15:53 ADVERTISEMENT A French liberal MEP has gathered signatures from 20 other lawmakers for a letter seen by…
Microsoft makes commitments on Teams to allay EU antitrust concerns
Published on 12/09/2025 - 11:22 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission on Friday accepted the concessions proposed by Microsoft concerning its Teams platform Teams to resolve…
EU Commission’s US trade deal set for rocky reception in Parliament
ADVERTISEMENT The EU Commission made its opening move in implementing the trade agreement reached on August 21 with the United States, but the legislative proposal…
EU steel chief touts quotas and cooperation on Chinese overcapacity with US
Published on 28/08/2025 - 7:45 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The EU should speed negotiation of a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) system with the US to avoid existing exorbitant…
EU Commission ‘surprised’ by German finance minister’s jibe on trade deal
Published on 05/08/2025 - 17:10 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission said on Tuesday it was surprised by comments German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil in which he highlighted…
EU Commission to suspend retaliation against US tariffs by another six months
Published on 04/08/2025 - 18:23 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission will suspend on Tuesday a package of trade countermeasures targeting €93 billions' worth of American…
White House keeps tariff pressure on EU car industry
Published on 01/08/2025 - 15:53 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT US President Donald Trump doesn’t appear willing to ease the pressure on German carmakers. The US executive order…
The EU and US have shaken hands on a trade deal, but what’s to come?
Published on 31/07/2025 - 7:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A joint statement is set to follow the framework deal agreed by US President Donald Trump and Commission…
Macron says the EU-US trade deal’s not yet done, and calls for more negotiation
Published on 30/07/2025 - 18:23 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the EU Commission to rebalance EU’s trade relationship with the US,…
Exclusive: US pitches special role in EU regulatory surveillance in trade deal
ADVERTISEMENTThe US is pitching the creation of a new advisory body for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) involving those companies subject to enforcement of the…
The EU advances its retaliation to US tariffs
ADVERTISEMENTEU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič presented EU trade ministers gathered in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting on Monday a list of €72 billion worth of US products…
EU examines US proposal of 10% tariffs but concerns remain on sectoral tariffs
Published on 08/07/2025 - 13:04 GMT+2•Updated 13:13ADVERTISEMENTThe EU and the US are preparing for a trade deal involving the US imposing a baseline 10% tariff…
EU Commission bewails ‘unfair’ Chinese Cognac duties
Published on 05/07/2025 - 14:10 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTChina's imposition of anti-dumping duties on European Cognac is "unfair" and "unjustified", a European Commission spokesperson said on Friday, underscoring a…
New polls shows Europeans want tougher EU enforcement on Big Tech
Published on 03/07/2025 - 7:20 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe majority of French, Spanish, and German citizens want stricter EU enforcement of Big Tech, according to a new YouGov…
EU on path to agree basic headline deal with US over tariffs
ADVERTISEMENTThe EU and the US are moving toward an agreement that would take the form of a headline “political understanding” to resolve their tariffs dispute…
Tariffs: France and Germany pursue different tacks towards US deal
Published on 27/06/2025 - 1:22 GMT+2•Updated 1:44ADVERTISEMENTFrance and Germany exhibited diverging strategies in the trade dispute between the EU and the US ongoing since mid-March,…
Brazilian ambassador denounces disinformation campaign on Mercosur deal
Published on 24/06/2025 - 18:17 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe Brazilian ambassador to the EU has told MEPs in Brussels that a disinformation campaign surrounds the trade deal signed…
Tariffs: German and French industry united on EU retaliation on aircraft sector
Published on 20/06/2025 - 8:00 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) wants only completed products aircraft and helicopters to be targeted by the EU for…