Europe News EU and US kick off diplomatic rapprochement. But will it last? "It's time for the Atlantic to become, once again, the beating heart of global cooperation," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 25/03/2021
Europe News EU-Mercosur trade deal 'suicide' without green clauses, says MEP But Brazil's ambassador to the EU says the bloc would be missing out on a great opportunity if it failed to ratify the trade deal. 24/02/2021
Europe News What can we expect from the EU-China virtual summit? Climate action, trade agreements, COVID-19... what will be discussed in the upcoming EU-China video meeting on Monday? 14/09/2020
The Cube Macron in China: What social media tells us about Sino-European ties Macron's China visit: What can social media tell us of Sino-European relations? | #TheCube 04/11/2019
Europe News The brief: Gender balance makes steady progress in the EU Gender balance shows steady improvement in the EU. Tesco warns against no-deal Brexit. Macron forced to get behind a trade deal that's not favourable with French farmers. All this and more in Wednesday's Brief from Brussels. 04/07/2019
Europe News The Brief: European farmer's beef with Mercosur trade deal With talks underway in Brussels about the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, we are in Melles, in the Belgian countryside where a number of small scale beef producers are based to talk about their concerns of opening up European markets to Latin America. 27/06/2019
Europe News EU trade tsar on US: 'We hope we don't impose tariffs on each other' EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom talks about EU-US relations and ties to China. 06/05/2019
Europe News The Brief: race for the EU top job An ex-TV presenter, a Commission insider, a former Belgian prime minister as well as MEPs are all in the running for the European Commission President when Jean-Claude Juncker's term is up later this year. Their fates depend on the European elections, and now you have the chance to question them. 25/04/2019
Europe News The Brief: Climate protests go rogue, trade talks, copyright and Mid-East policy In this edition: Extinction rebellion protests, encouraging civil disobedience to force governments to act on climate change have reached the Belgian capital. Also, EU-US trade talks progress, the controversial copyright rules pass final hurdle and Europe's Mid-East policy up for question. 16/04/2019
Europe News EU Commissioner asks bloc to consider a veto against Italy-China deal On Saturday, Italy signed a "non-binding" protocol to participate in China's new silk road. The decision has sparked scepticism in the EU, with Commissioner Günther Oettinger asking EU countries to consider a veto. 25/03/2019
Europe News Dutch minister uses Brexit 'monster' to encourage citizens to prepare Dutch minister uses Brexit 'monster' to encourage citizens to prepare 14/02/2019
Europe News American whiskey companies hit hard by global trade disputes American whiskey companies must think foreign tariffs are not so neat. International trade disputes led whiskey exports to fall by 8.7 per cent in the second half of 2018. 14/02/2019
Europe News The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering 14/02/2019
Europe News A hard Brexit may put a thorn in your flower purchase Tariffs and increased border checks in the UK could lead to increased prices of flowers imported from the Netherlands. 12/02/2019
Europe News Brexit: What would a 'no deal' mean? "I think there will be a deal simply because the consequences of no deal are too big" 22/08/2018
Europe News EU retaliates against Trump trade tariffs European countries throw unanimous support behind plans to slap duties on US products 14/06/2018
Europe News US 'playing dangerous game' with metal tariffs, says EU Brussels will take Washington to World Trade Organisation to challenge legality of trade move 01/06/2018
state of the union State of the Union: Liege mourns, Italy puts EU on edge In this edition of State of the Union: The Belgian city of Liege mourns the deaths of three people, including two police women, killed in a terrorist 25/05/2018
state of the union State of the Union: EU's Mideast dilemma, Zuckerberg heads for Brussels In this edition of State of the Union: In the week that Donald Trump officially moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, sparking protests and violence 18/05/2018
Europe News EU seeks exemptions from Trump's tariffs Brussels is facing mounting pressure from the European steel industry to protect its interests 13/03/2018
Europe News What next for EU-UK trade relations? Business representatives mull post-Brexit trade ties at Brussels forum, as EU prepares to publish guidelines 05/03/2018
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: disagreement remain over migration This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top EU news stories. 06/07/2017
Europe News The Brief From Brussels: US, Germany ties under strain after Trump tweets This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of today’s top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 30/05/2017
Europe News EU's top court makes surprise ruling on trade deals Amid growing doubt and concern about the future of key trade agreements, there is a surprise ruling from the European Union’s top court. 16/05/2017
Europe News Mexico and EU closing in on trade deal With Mexico's future trade relations with the US up for renegotiation, Europe seeks to take advantage with an improved agreement 09/05/2017
Europe News Wallonia premier urges fresh negotiations on EU-Canada free trade deal Paul Magnette leads the regional government in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, where the parliament has refused to provide its backing for the federal government’s move to approve the 20/10/2016
