Brussels 28.07.2028 The EPP Group’s spokesman on international trade, Jörgen Warborn MEP, pushes back against US tariffs and doubles down on the EPP’s support for rules-based multilateral trade. “Imposing a 15 percent baseline tariff is a blatant breach of WTO principles and a serious blow to European industrial competitiveness,” said Warborn following today’s meeting of…
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Scotland: Trump receives von der Leyen
Brussels 25.07.2025 The EU is hopeful to sign a trade deal with President Trump after the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that would meet him on Sunday, July 27, during his four-day trip to Scotland. Trump landed tonight before the opening of his new golf course in Aberdeenshire and was planning to…
EU-China Summit: challenges remain
Brussels 24.07.2025 The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for more balanced trade relationship with China as tensions mounted between the two parties. “For trade to remain mutual beneficial it must become more balanced,” she said, speaking at a press conference at the 25th EU-China summit, pointing to the EU’s growing trade deficit…
EPP rejects U.S. tariffs approach
12.07.2025 The European People’s party (EPP) group of the European Parliament firmly rejects any approach that undermines global trade rules or threatens Europe’s key industries. In the light of the recent announcements of U.S. President Trump, the Group urges the European Commission to stand firm and defend the integrity of the rules-based trading system. A…
EU trade with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Luxembourg 14.10.2024 The EU Council has today adopted a decision to conclude the trade agreement between the European Union and its member states, on one hand, and Colombia and Peru, on the other, as well as a decision to conclude the protocol concerning Ecuador’s accession to this agreement. (Image above: Ecuador) This is the final…
EU: launches ASPIDES operation in Red Sea
Brussels 31.01.2024 “…We discussed two regions of common interest: the Red Sea and the Sahel. We did that in presence of our partners from the United Nations, NATO and also invited the European Parliament” said the EU High Representative Josep Borrell, after the Informal Defence Ministers meeting. “You know that the maritime security in the…
Russia: new route to India
Brussels 16.06.2022 Two forty-foot containers with wood laminate weighing 41 tons were sent from St. Petersburg to Astrakhan. From the port of Astrakhan, the cargo will be delivered across the Caspian Sea to the Iranian port of Anzali, from there it will reach the port of Banda Abbas on the coast of the Persian Gulf…
Provisional EU-UK Agreement
Brussels 26.12.2020 The European Union and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on December 24, 2020. 🇪🇺🇬🇧Here is the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – the result of many months of intensive and dedicated work: 👉 https://t.co/Vq3VKBB01y — Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) December 26, 2020 The entry…
EU-UK Sunday talks continue
Brussels 13.12.2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he will “continue talking” with the EU in an attempt to reach a trade deal, but that leaving without one and trading in future on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms is more likely. Joint Statement from @10DowningStreet and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen https://t.co/ru9cq0GnVP…
EU-UK: preparations for no-deal
Brussels 10.12.2020 In spite of the considerable efforts of the negotiators “very large gaps remain” between the UK and EU, despite talks in persona between Boris Johnson, who came to Brussels, and EU to executive Ursula von der Leyen aimed at breaking the Brexit trade deadlock, according to No 10 spokesperson. President of the European…
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