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

Europe News

The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering

The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering

14/02/2019