Foreign trade

Many South Koreans are angry that Japan has downgraded their country's trade status from "preferred" to just "normal".

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.

Cuba imports 60 to 70% of its food and blames the latest shortages on the decades long US trade embargo.

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.

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.

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.

The European Union and the United States have made motions to proceed with trade negotiations to eliminate tariffs.

Amid escalating fears over global trade, financial leaders want to step up dialogue to prevent geopolitical tensions, but warned that growth, while still strong, was becoming less synchronized.

Brussels will take Washington to World Trade Organisation to challenge legality of trade move