free trade

London and Brussels face a race against time to strike agreement before the transition period expires at the end of the year.

The US Department for Agriculture said Wakanda, the fictional home of Marvel superhero Black Panther, was removed from the country's list of free trade partners after the error had been spotted.

The prime minister has ruled out extending a post-Brexit transition period beyond December 2020.

When the Berlin Wall came down, and the Soviet Union collapsed, a lot of us thought the war was over and the “good guys” had won. Capitalism was the dominant economic system and the free market was accepted almost everywhere as the path to prosperity and human happiness. Or so we thought.

European consumers and businesses stand to benefit from Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). That is why the EU should seek to lead this new era by setting global standards for bilateral trade deals.

France vows sanctions if US imposes tariffs on wine, cheese

The Trump administration slapped 25% tariffs on French wine, Italian cheese and single-malt Scotch whisky in retaliation for EU subsidies on aircraft.

At first glance, blocks of feta produced in Australia or in Greece are not as different as chalk and cheese. But for the European Union, they are.