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China won’t like the sound of EU commissioner hearings. Here’s why.
BRUSSELS — It has gone from bad to worse. Europe’s view on China has taken a negative turn in the last five years. It’s not just the age-old concerns about human rights or economic imbalance....
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Do you think the European governments and industry leaders like Ericsson who began collaborating on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard four decades ago could have envisioned...
View ArticleEU foreign policy chief warns French energy giant on human rights violations
BRUSSELS — A French energy giant embroiled in allegations of rape and murder at a gas plant under construction in Mozambique could face legal repercussions in the European Union if it violates human...
View ArticleWho’s going to pay for moving drug production to Europe?
It would take a brave politician to try to sell higher drug prices as a win for European sovereignty — but that’s what the generics industry will ask lawmakers to do. Europe has long been reliant on...
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EU braces for two-front trade war with US and China
BRUSSELS — Europe is already in a cold trade war with China. Can it handle a hot one with the United States? That’s the conundrum facing Ursula von der Leyen as the U.S. holds a historic presidential...
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WTO chief braces for a fresh fight with Donald Trump
LONDON — He’s the former president notorious for his racially-charged rhetoric and a promise to impose blanket tariffs on all U.S. imports. She’s the first African woman to lead the World Trade...
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EU shrugs off Trump’s threats to scrap green handouts
BRUSSELS — We’ll survive. That’s the general feeling among the European Union’s green businesses as they prepare for Donald Trump’s potential return to power — despite the former president vowing to...
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Britain braces for a Trump tariff war
LONDON — Donald Trump thinks “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the English language. Britain’s new trade chief doesn’t see it that way. Four months after taking on the trade portfolio in July’s...
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EU eyes new clampdown on Russian nuclear sector
There’s renewed European Union momentum to kick Russia’s nuclear sector out of the bloc and strip Moscow of one of its remaining holds over Europe’s energy supplies — if Viktor Orbán will allow it....
View Article5 things to know about Olivér Várhelyi’s health commissioner hearing
BRUSSELS — In some ways, it exceeded everyone’s expectations. Olivér Várhelyi’s commissioner hearing was always going to be tough, but it turns out Viktor Orbán’s man in Brussels knew more about...
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German discounters crush fresh produce prices — and suppliers too
BERLIN — Germans love their discounters. And the rest of the world seems to as well. That is, if you’re buying from them and not selling to them. Lidl operates nearly 9,000 stores outside its home...
View ArticleTrump picks Israel ally Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump has picked House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York to be his next ambassador to the United Nations. “I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise...
View ArticleA Chinese solar giant came to America for a Biden windfall. Then Trump won
The results of the presidential election were still being tallied on Wednesday when the announcement came: One of China’s largest solar manufacturers was selling a massive new factory in Texas. Trina...
View ArticleWhat lawmakers should ask the EU’s new tech boss
BRUSSELS — Henna Virkkunen is set to take over a hefty role as the European Union’s tech chief if she can weather the heat from European lawmakers this week. She’ll have to enforce rules to crack down...
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Send in the king! How Britain can dodge a Donald Trump trade war
LONDON — Donald Trump’s tariff threats are reverberating through the British government. The U.S. president-elect has promised to impose up to 20 percent flat tariffs on imports to his country, and...
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EU countries reject Parliament’s proposal to gut deforestation rules
European Union member countries will oppose a push by the European Parliament to water down the new anti-deforestation rules — holding firm to the European Commission’s earlier proposal that the...
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Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now?
Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now? This year’s U.N. climate change summit wore its contradictions and failings on its sleeve, prompting existential anxiety. By Karl Mathiesenin...
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Brussels to slash green laws in bid to save Europe’s ailing economy
The European Commission will radically simplify EU green regulations in a bid to jumpstart Europe’s struggling industry and compete with faster-growing economies in Asia and America. The changes will...
View ArticleTrump taps Lighthizer acolyte Jamieson Greer to be his trade chief
President-elect Donald Trump picked Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative, elevating a figure little known outside of Washington to what is expected to be one of the most important posts in...
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