Foreign trade

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.

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.

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.

Dutch minister uses Brexit 'monster' to encourage citizens to prepare

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.

The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering

Tariffs and increased border checks in the UK could lead to increased prices of flowers imported from the Netherlands.

Nigel Farage says the UK and EU could continue to trade tariff-free after Brexit. He's right but....

The UK Government publishes it's "no-deal" contigency plans today, looking at 70 areas of public life - despite warnings from the IMF that EU growth will decline if "no-deal" is reached.

"I think there will be a deal simply because the consequences of no deal are too big"

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.

European countries throw unanimous support behind plans to slap duties on US products

Following bilateral talks, Donald Trump and Emannuel Macron say they're making progress on trade.

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

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

The move is likely to boost production of car manufacturers worldwide