Europe News Brexit caused 'major disruption' to EU-UK trade, finds study The study found UK imports from the EU fell by 25%, compared to a 'small and temporary drop' in UK exports to EU, although it suggested that many UK firms stopped exporting to the bloc altogether. 26/04/2022
Europe Decoded EU is vowing to fight against economic coercion. How far will it go? "We will not accept intimidation tactics," said Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's Vice President. 08/12/2021
Culture news Russia and France extend Champagne label row into 2022 Since July 2, a modification of the Russian law obliges the distributors of champagne to exchange the prestigious title of "champagne" for that of "sparkling wine" on the label of the bottles written in Cyrillic. 26/10/2021
France 'Trust is missing': Submarine row could delay EU-Australia trade deal Australia's cancellation of a multi-billion euro submarine order with Paris was an 'attack' against European interests, an MEP 21/09/2021
Europe News Brussels wants to cut down EU's dependence on key imports The European Commission has identified 137 products in strategic sectors, like healthcare and high tech, where the EU is highly dependent on imports. 05/05/2021
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
United Kingdom Out of Europe, Britain looks to the Pacific for new trade partners UK trade with the Pacific partner nations was worth 111 billion pounds in 2019 - around six times less than the business it conducts with the EU. 31/01/2021
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
United Kingdom Is UK's new trade deal with Japan better than the EU's one? The UK government has pegged its free trade agreement with Japan as a win — but how does it compare with the EU accord it will lose in December? 11/09/2020
United Kingdom UK secures free trade agreement with Japan in first deal post-Brexit The UK announced a new free trade agreement with Japan, the first major deal since Brexit. 11/09/2020
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
South Korea Protests erupt as relations cool between Japan and South Korea Many South Koreans are angry that Japan has downgraded their country's trade status from "preferred" to just "normal". 03/08/2019
Estonia Will the Latvia-Estonia booze tax war leave them with a bad hangover? A booze tax war has broken out between Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia, who are among the EU’s biggest consumers of alcohol. 27/07/2019
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
world news EU-Mercosur deal: Is the agreement a threat to European agriculture? Twenty years after negotiations began, the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur reached a free-trade agreement on Friday, but farmers have raised concerns 03/07/2019
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
USA Trump says US will impose 5% tariff on all Mexican goods The president says the tariffs will take effect June 10 and will stay until "illegal migrants" stop coming into the country from Mexico. 31/05/2019
world news Cuba extends rationing as shortages bite Cuba imports 60 to 70% of its food and blames the latest shortages on the decades long US trade embargo. 12/05/2019
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
world news How can the EU stop China stealing its secrets? China is a key investment partner for Europe, but is it a fair one? Euronews asks two senior EU figures how the relationship should be managed. 26/04/2019
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
World EU and US proceed with trade negotations The European Union and the United States have made motions to proceed with trade negotiations to eliminate tariffs. 21/03/2019
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