German industry calls for stricter China policy
“Systemic competition with China’s economy is increasingly challenging the open social market economy and requires an appropriate industrial and trade policy…
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EU industry ministers still split over where ‘Made in Europe’ ends
France wants public money kept for factories inside the bloc while Germany, Italy and Spain would let trusted partners such as Britain and Canada in.
Kallas presses Tehran for toll-free passage through Hormuz
The EU's foreign policy chief has met Iran's Foreign Minister in New York as Iranian lawmakers advance a bill to penalise ships crossing the strait without permission.
Audi sues German importer over Chinese AUDI electric cars
The cars are the E5 Sportback and the E7X, developed with SAIC Motor for young, tech-minded Chinese buyers and never listed for official sale in Europe.
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What the EU-Philippines free trade deal contains
Brussels and Manila settled the core of an agreement on September 22 that reached well beyond customs duties, though lawyers, legislators and an expiring preference…
EU and Philippines close in on free trade deal after decade of stop-start talks
Brussels and Manila have agreed the bulk of a pact that would scrap tariffs on almost all trade, though public procurement remains unresolved and signing is not…
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Brussels presses Beijing to cap hybrid car exports after imports rise more than tenfold
Trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is due in Beijing next month with an October deadline for “tangible results”.
Macron and Trump eye diplomatic fixes for Hormuz without ‘global deal’
The French President has also pressed Washington to speed up interceptor deliveries to Kyiv and has backed an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
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What is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ and how does it work?
A network of ageing tankers grew out of the 2022 oil sanctions and carried more than half of Moscow's seaborne oil in August.
Trump threatens tariffs on the EU over Canada ‘associate member’ plan
The US President said he would hit European exports if he judged closer ties between Brussels and Ottawa to be aimed against Washington.
Trump orders Canadian goods out of US federal purchasing as Brussels courts Ottawa
The memorandum landed as Ursula von der Leyen offered Canada a first-of-its-kind associate membership and Mark Carney prepared to address MEPs in Strasbourg.
Trump pledges to remove US tariff on Irish whiskey at end of Ireland visit
The US President made the promise at a golf prize-giving on a course he owns, giving no date for carving one member state's flagship export out of an EU-wide duty.
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Brussels procurement plan reopens EU split over ‘European preference’
The overhaul would let public buyers turn away bids carrying too little European content, a power free-trading capitals warned against.
EU carbon rules raise costs at Spain’s biggest port as an EU-backed Moroccan port prepares to open
Tanger Med now handles more than twice as many containers as Algeciras, and a second Moroccan hub part-financed by the EBRD is due to start operating this year.
EU not up to the task of fighting illicit tobacco trade, auditors find
The Commission and Member States have taken measures, the auditors say, but the response remains fragmented and is not robust enough.
Jaguar Land Rover to cut about 4,000 jobs
JLR employs about 43,000 people worldwide, including about 34,000 in Britain. A smaller round last year removed about 500 UK management roles.
EU procurement overhaul takes aim at Chinese bidders
Bidders would also have to explain prices falling significantly below competing offers, a provision Euractiv described as a veiled reference to China.
EU suspends Brazilian meat and honey imports over antimicrobial rules
The measure took effect on Thursday, following a decision adopted by the European Commission earlier this year.
Brussels keeps Morocco migration funding on course despite Ceuta breach
The European Commission has called Rabat a strategic partner and confirmed further money for border work, five weeks after tens of thousands crossed into the Spanish…
EU faces new Trump tariffs over Big Tech fines, Britain is spared
The procedure lets Washington impose duties if it finds foreign practices "unreasonable or discriminatory".
Saudi Arabia to invest €6 billion in three theme parks near Paris
Including one widely reported to be inspired by the Japanese manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball Z.
Commission tells member states to ignore its own new packaging rules and skip penalties
The regulation was negotiated under the 2019-2024 European Parliament, where a Green Deal-supporting majority held sway, and was adopted on December 19, 2024.
Virgin Trains wins UK approval to challenge Eurostar’s cross-Channel monopoly
The British rail regulator has cleared up to 20 daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam from 2030.
US accuses EU and member states of helping China evade tariffs
The report states that the alleged transshipment risk is "embedded within broad legitimate trade flows".
US settles with German energy firm for $1.22 billion to scrap offshore wind leases
The company described the resolution as serving the interests of its stakeholders and allowing it to redirect resources toward energy projects that can proceed with…
US states sue Trump administration over tariffs hitting EU exporters
The 10 per cent duty on European goods is part of a forced-labour action the plaintiffs call a pretext for reviving levies the courts have already rejected.
Norway’s national oil company’s profits double amid war on Iran
The company reported adjusted earnings before tax of $11.48 billion (€10.06 billion) for the three months to the end of June.
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US ambassador urges EU to cut regulation, says current model is ‘damaging European consumers’
Andrew Puzder defended the recently negotiated US-EU trade agreement while warning that Europe's biggest economic challenges are largely self-inflicted.
Trump vows to halt ‘all trade’ with Spain
The country is the only NATO member not to have committed to spending 5 per cent of its gross domestic product on defence by 2035.
Von der Leyen opens EU market to Armenia in bid to counter Russian influence
Both Brussels and Moscow are explicitly linking their trade measures on Armenia as political tools.