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In the hydrogen battlefield, Europe tries to stay ahead of China
Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based international affairs commentator. While it was Germany that led the way on solar energy, it was China that stole the market right from under Berlin’s nose to become...
View ArticleHuge lithium-mining protest triggers crisis meeting in Serbia
A massive protest in Serbia against a lithium-mining project prompted President Aleksandar Vučić to call a government crisis meeting in the early hours of Sunday. Tens of thousands of protesters...
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Brexit Britain creeps back into Brussels’ orbit under Labour
LONDON — If there was an Olympic competition for the most boring-sounding legislation, the U.K.’s Product Safety and Metrology Bill would surely win gold. But get past the yawn-inducing name and the...
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Houthi rebels and the EU make your coffee more expensive
Life used to be so simple. And cheap. Remember the good old days when you could pop into your local café for an espresso for just €1? Italians do. In Rome or Milan or Naples, the morning ritual would...
View ArticleGrocery price gouging to feature prominently in Harris economic plan
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will call on Congress to pass a federal ban on price gouging as part of her economic platform to lower grocery prices and everyday costs. That action, to be...
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Belgian bankruptcy dents Europe’s microchip dreams
BRUSSELS — The tale of a Belgian microchips maker gone belly-up is showing how Europe is struggling to meet its industrial goals, and how squeezing out China is making that harder. BelGaN, a...
View ArticleTrump says he’s ‘entitled to personal attacks’ on Harris
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey — Donald Trump’s advisers wanted him to speak on the economy. And surrounded by tables full of supermarket fare on Thursday, for a period, he did. During a press conference at...
View ArticleUK splashes extra £10M to avert Brexit chaos at ports
LONDON — The U.K. government is pumping millions in extra funding to British ports to help them prepare for the rollout of the EU’s new border system this fall, following warnings of travel chaos. The...
View ArticleFood shortages hit tribal populations, low-income seniors in US
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack acknowledged his department made “mistakes” in awarding a contract to a single distributor to supply critical food aid programs, a change that has triggered food...
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Chinese EV-makers offer price, volume pledges in bid to avoid EU duties
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has received five pledges from Chinese industry to set minimum prices or volume caps on exports of electric vehicles in a bid to avoid EU duties, three people close...
View ArticleDefense firms need full access to EU cash as Putin haunts Europe, Draghi says
European defense firms must not fear red tape as they ramp up weapons production, according to a new report seen exclusively by POLITICO. As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues with...
View ArticleNetanyahu blasts ‘shameful’ UK ban on Israel arms exports
LONDON — Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted Britain’s “shameful” decision to suspend the sale of some arms components used by Israeli forces in Gaza. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Monday that...
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The ‘deal man’: Some nations see Trump as the pro-trade candidate
Some foreign governments are reaching an uncomfortable conclusion as election season comes to a head: their best chance for negotiating a trade deal — however arduous it may be — lies in Donald Trump...
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UK to again delay Brexit border checks on food
LONDON — The U.K. government is further delaying the introduction of Brexit checks on EU imports — amid concerns they could hit food prices. An “easement” on controls applying to fruit and vegetables,...
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The West has a plan to keep China, Russia out of subsea data pipes
BRUSSELS — The United States, European Union governments and other allied capitals are cooking up a plan to beef up the security of submarine cable networks — and that includes pushing out Chinese...
View ArticleBeijing won’t shift in EV tariff talks with EU, Chinese media report
Beijing will not make concessions as it negotiates on tariffs on electric vehicle imports with the EU, a social media account associated with the Chinese state broadcaster said. “While China is always...
View ArticleLabor unrest threatens to upend Harris’ economic pitch
Tens of thousands of Boeing workers are walking picket lines and other essential workers are threatening to disrupt the economy mere days before early voting starts in some states. Vice President...
View ArticleSpain’s Ribera hints she won’t obstruct EU nuclear expansion
Teresa Ribera, the EU’s likely next green chief, indicated on Tuesday that she would not oppose nuclear power expansion in Europe, comments likely to reassure those worried she may restrict atomic...
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The EU’s chips plan implodes as Intel pauses investments
BRUSSELS — The European Commission’s landmark 2022 chips strategy has collapsed just as it laid out a new team to fix the bloc’s competitiveness. United States-based technology giant Intel announced...
View ArticleThat’s all, folks! Breton’s exit wraps 5 years of EU policy drama
BRUSSELS — Were you not entertained? European Union executive chief Ursula von der Leyen this week pushed France to pull its commissioner pick Thierry Breton and to present instead the country’s...
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