Now playing Next World Britain looks to the Gulf to boost post-Brexit trade Euronews speaks to the UK's trade commissioner for the Middle East, Simon Penney, about the British government's efforts to strengthen commercial and trade links with the UAE and the wider Gulf region. 06/05/2022
Now playing Next Europe News UK delays post-Brexit border checks on EU imports for fourth time The UK has postponed import checks on EU goods again, citing the inflationary burden on businesses. The EU imposed checks on UK exports in January 2021. 28/04/2022
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
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Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
