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UE osiąga "znaczące porozumienie" w sprawie umowy handlowej z Filipinami
Ogłoszenie to pojawiło się trzy lata po wizycie von der Leyen na Filipinach, mającej na celu utorowanie drogi do wznowienia rozmów handlowych, i stanowi kolejny kamień milowy w dążeniu Brukseli do dywersyfikacji powiązań handlowych UE w odpowiedzi na politykę handlową prezydenta Donalda Trumpa opartą na zasadzie "America First" oraz rosnącą dominację Chin w eksporcie.
Einigung über EU-Handelsabkommen mit den Philippinen
BRÜSSEL – Die Europäische Union hat eine politische Einigung über ein Handelsabkommen mit den Philippinen erzielt. Das erklärte Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen in der Nacht zum Dienstag nach einem Telefonat mit Präsident Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Die grundsätzliche Einigung erfolgt drei Jahre nachdem von der Leyen bei einem Besuch auf den Philippinen die Wiederaufnahme der Handelsgespräche angestoßen hatte.
EU reaches ‘substantial agreement’ on Philippines trade deal
The European Union has reached political agreement on a trade deal with the Philippines, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a call with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The announcement comes three years after von der Leyen visited the Philippines to pave the way for the relaunch of trade talks and marks the latest milestone in the drive by Brussels to diversify the EU’s commercial ties in response to President Donald Trump’s America-first trade agenda and China’s growing...
EU countries recast ‘Made in Europe’ around products, not countries
BRUSSELS — EU governments are seeking to recast one of the Industrial Accelerator Act’s most politically charged ideas, replacing the broad “Made in Europe” concept proposed by the European Commission with a more legally precise system based on trade agreements and product-specific market access.
WTO meeting ends with no deal
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — The World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting ended in the early hours of Monday morning without reaching a deal to extend a moratorium on e-commerce tariffs or on a broader reform work program for the beleagured global trade rules body. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said ministers from the 166-nation global trade body had kept working as the four-day meeting in Cameroon ran into overtime on Sunday, but she finally called time overnight. “We have run out of time.
Brussels to finally adopt ‘Made in Europe’ act after yet another rehash
BRUSSELS — The European Commission will adopt the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) on Wednesday, finally backing the landmark measure that would define a European preference in green public procurement after several delays. Haggling over the planned regulation went right down to the wire, with a meeting of cabinet chiefs that began on Monday spilling into Tuesday, the day before Ursula von der Leyen’s College of Commissioners will now sign off on an agreed text.
Mega umowa UE-Mercosur. Żadnej agroapokalipsy nie będzie. Rolnicy są wśród wygranych
Zatwierdzona 9 stycznia umowa, która czeka teraz na zatwierdzenie przez Parlament Europejski, zniesie ponad 90 proc. ceł na eksport z UE. Europejscy konsumenci będą mogli delektować się wołowiną z argentyńskiej pampy, pochodzącą od krów karmionych trawą. Brazylijscy kierowcy odczują obniżenie ceł importowych na niemieckie silniki. Jeśli chodzi o wpływ gospodarczy porozumienia, to blednie on w porównaniu z epickimi bataliami, które się o nie toczyły: Komisja Europejska szacuje, że do 2040 r.
EU-Mercosur mega trade deal: The winners and losers
Europe’s biggest ever trade deal finally got the nod Friday after 25 years of negotiating. It took blood, sweat, tears and tortured discussions to get there, but EU countries at last backed the deal with the Mercosur bloc — paving the way to create a free trade area that covers more than 700 million people across Europe and Latin America. The agreement, which awaits approval from the European Parliament, will eliminate more than 90 percent of tariffs on EU exports.
E&E News: Europe’s year of Trump trade trauma
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Europe’s year of Trump trade trauma
Donald Trump started his second term by calling the European Union an “atrocity” on trade. He said it was created to “screw” Americans.
Commission opens antitrust probe into Google AI
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into whether Google breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as video uploaded to YouTube, for artificial intelligence purposes.
Putin and Xi brainstorm living to 150 with modern organ transplants
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were captured privately talking about living to at least 150 years old on the sidelines of China's massive Victory Day parade in Beijing. According to audio picked up on CCTV, the two were overheard musing about the possibility of immortality through organ transplants and advanced medical procedures.
Trump to Swiss: Happy holidays! Now pay a 39 percent tariff.
Congratulations on your national day. Here’s a massive tariff. That was the one-two punch delivered by the United States on Thursday, after it hit Switzerland with the highest tariff on any European nation. Following up on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement praising the “strong and steady relationship” between the two nations.
The US is nearing a trade deal with Europe. Will Trump stand in the way?
That fundamental issue has turned the talks between the EU and the Trump administration into a series of stops and starts, as negotiators painstakingly piece together compromises, only for them to be slapped down when presented to Trump or European countries. And it’s why, even as the von der Leyen-Trump meeting raises hopes of reaching a deal to avoid a stiff U.S. tariff increase Aug. 1, they are not counting on it. “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” said one EU diplomat.
EU to China: We can’t keep our markets open if you won’t rebalance trade
The EU will not be able to keep its markets open to Chinese exports unless Beijing takes decisive action to rebalance their trading relationship, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a summit on Thursday. “Unlike other markets, Europe keeps its markets open to Chinese goods. However, this openness is not matched by China,” von der Leyen told a news conference after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing.
EU suspends US trade war countermeasures while pushing for tariff deal
BRUSSELS — Hard-hitting penalties on American exports to to the EU won’t come into force next week as planned, and instead will only be imposed if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to apply a 30 percent tariff on the bloc. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said negotiations with Washington were underway after the White House confirmed it would hike tariffs on imports from the EU starting Aug. 1.
"Naprzód bez USA". UE już nie boi się gróźb handlowych Donalda Trumpa. Znalazła alternatywę. "Razem są potężne"
Europa ma już dość gróźb handlowych Donalda Trumpa. Rozważa odważny krok — by zamiast na zachód zwrócić się na wschód i tam znaleźć partnerów handlowych, którzy będą chcieli grać zgodnie z zasadami. Jednostronne i arbitralne cła Trumpa – które od 9 lipca mogą wzrosnąć nawet do 50 proc., jeśli negocjatorzy z UE i USA nie dojdą do porozumienia w sprawie umowy handlowej – wystawiły na próbę cierpliwość i determinację przewodniczącej Komisji Europejskiej Ursuli von der Leyen. Jaka jest jej odpowiedź?
‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work?
BRUSSELS — Europe is getting fed up with Donald Trump’s trade threats — and is exploring a bold move to look east instead of west to find partners who want to play by the rules. Trump’s unilateral and arbitrary tariffs — which could ratchet up to 50 percent from July 9 if EU and U.S. negotiators fail to cut a trade deal — have tested EU chief executive Ursula von der Leyen’s patience and resolve. Her response?
‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work?
1 day ago CNN — The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades. Rafael …
Fears grow EU will cave on tech rules amid Trump pressure
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has for the first time signaled flexibility on a major digital rulebook as it seeks relief from Donald Trump’s impending trade tariffs. Amid growing pressure to find an agreement with Washington ahead of a July 9 deadline, the EU executive said Monday that nothing is off the table in ongoing talks — a shift from its previous position that its digital regulations are not up for negotiation with Trump.
Trump hits Europe with 20 percent tariffs
President Donald Trump dumped the European Union in the worst category of America’s trade partners Wednesday, hitting the bloc with a 20 percent tariff on all imports. Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement puts the 27-nation bloc in the trade sin bin along with major economies like China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The move throws up U.S. trade barriers that haven’t been this high since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
On the EU’s tariff hit list: American chicken wings, motorbikes and … women’s negligés?
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has published a list of U.S. products that could be subject to retaliatory tariffs after the Donald Trump administration on Wednesday imposed 25 percent global tariffs on steel and aluminum. The 99-page list is dominated by meat, poultry, fruit and vegetables and alcoholic beverages — and includes chewing gum, communion wafers, nicotine vapes and patches, and ... women’s negligés.
E&E News: Russia and US eye joint Arctic energy projects after Saudi talks
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Russia and US eye joint Arctic energy projects after Saudi talks
Russia and the United States discussed possible cooperation on energy projects in the Arctic at a meeting in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, a top Russian negotiator told POLITICO. Kirill Dmitriev, who heads the state-owned Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said the economic conversations had been about broad strokes, but that the two sides had discussed some “specific areas of cooperation.” “It was more a general discussion — maybe joint projects in the Arctic.
European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war
BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise to implement new tariffs this week matching those of other countries would hit the EU’s automotive sector hardest in an escalating transatlantic trade war.
Les guerres commerciales sont-elles si faciles à gagner, comme l’affirme Trump ?
BERLIN — Donald Trump prend à la légère les guerres commerciales, affirmant qu’elles sont faciles à gagner. On ne va pas tarder à voir s’il a raison. Le président américain a imposé des droits de douane de 10% à la Chine à partir de mardi, tandis que le Mexique et le Canada ont obtenu à la dernière minute un sursis à l’exécution des droits de douane de 25%.
Donald Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Are they?
BERLIN — Donald Trump makes light of trade wars, claiming they are easy to win. We’re about to find out if he’s right. The U.S. president has imposed tariffs of 10 percent on China from Tuesday, while Mexico and Canada won last-minute stays of execution on 25 percent tariffs. He’s also threatening to hit the European Union — a major exporter of cars, medicines and food to the United States.
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Mercosur : il y a du nouveau
BRUXELLES — Voici les nouveaux éléments de l’accord commercial entre l’Union européenne et le Mercosur que la présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, a signé avec les dirigeants sud-américains lors d’un sommet en Uruguay la semaine dernière.
Here’s what’s new in the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Negotiations EU-Mercosur Politico | 10 December 2024 Here’s what’s new in the EU-Mercosur trade deal By Camille Gijs, Koen Verhelst and Douglas Busvine BRUSSELS — Here are the new elements of the trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shook hands on with South American leaders at a summit in Uruguay last week.
What’s new in the EU-Mercosur trade deal
BRUSSELS — Here are the new elements of the trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shook hands on with South American leaders at a summit in Uruguay last week.
Popular Pistorius makes way for struggling Scholz to launch German reelection bid
BERLIN — Germany’s most popular politician, Boris Pistorius, has ruled himself out of leading the Social Democratic Party into an early general election, opening the way for Olaf Scholz — the most unloved chancellor in living memory — to launch a long-shot reelection bid.
Mission impossible : l’Allemagne tente de mettre fin aux droits de douane européens sur les voitures électriques chinoises
Ceci est un article explicatif sur le fonctionnement du vote à la majorité qualifiée dans l’Union européenne. Vous êtes bien assis ? C’est parti ! L’UE décide à la majorité qualifiée sur certaines questions importantes. Ces règles seront à l’œuvre lors du vote final des 27 Etats membres sur l’imposition de droits de douane sur les importations de véhicules électriques chinois.
Mission Impossible: Germany’s bid to kill EU duties on Chinese EVs
This is an explanatory story about how qualified majority voting works in the European Union. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. The bloc decides by qualified majority on some important issues — and the rules are about to be put to the test when its 27 member countries hold a final vote to impose duties on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.
Former Brexit chief Maroš Šefčovič is surprise pick for EU trade czar
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen named Maroś Šefčovič as her next trade commissioner Tuesday, putting the long-serving Slovak and point person for the U.K. relationship into the powerful economic post. Šefčovič’s nomination came as a surprise, after Wopke Hoekstra of the Netherlands and Czech Jozef Síkela were previously linked to the job.
‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ contestant to become Dutch agriculture minister
A former contestant on TV reality show “Farmer Wants a Wife,” who went on to marry the dairy farmer she met there, is set to become the next agriculture minister in the Netherlands as far-right populist Geert Wilders fills cabinet posts in his four-party coalition.
Slovak PM Robert Fico ‘will survive,’ deputy says
10 hours ago IN THE PRESS - Thursday, May 16: We look at reactions to the unrest in New Caledonia that has prompted the French government to impose a state of emergency. We also look at what's at the heart of this crisis. In Slovakia, the assassination attempt of Prime Minister Robert Fico shocks the country …
Slovak PM Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after being shot
Slovak PM Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after being shot Fico is being flown to hospital by helicopter after the gun attack. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after he was shot …
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot in head and chest, reports say Original
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot on Wednesday after a government meeting, local media reported, suffering injuries to his head and chest before he was taken from the scene by his security detail. A woman at the scene in the town of Handlová, central Slovakia was cited by news outlet MNT.SK as saying that she had heard three or four shots. She saw Fico fall to the ground with head and chest injuries. A witness told Reuters he heard several shots and a man was detained by police.
Russia finds way around sanctions on battlefield tech: report
Russia has largely succeeded in finding ways to get around sanctions on the technology it needs to fight its war against Ukraine, and that means the West needs to make the trade curbs more effective if it is to restrict Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
Sanctions aren’t working: How the West enables Russia’s war on Ukraine
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — At its summit this week, the European Union is threatening to name and shame more than a dozen Chinese companies that, it claims, are supplying critical technology to equip Russia’s war machine.
These Western liquor companies said they stopped doing business in Russia. But the booze keeps flowing
Press play to listen to this article Russia invades Ukraine. The West imposes sanctions. And hundreds of foreign firms announce they are pulling out of the Russian market. But, somehow, in a country with a historic predilection for alcohol, the booze keeps flowing. The really good stuff.
EU told to act now on farm reform or risk blowing Ukraine’s accession
Press play to listen to this article PARIS — The European Union has “no vision” for farming and urgently needs to reform its massive subsidy scheme — the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) — to prepare for the accession of farming powerhouse Ukraine.
Von der Leyen hits China with electric vehicle subsidy probe
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday she would launch an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, yielding to calls by France to hit back at surging imports. The announcement follows months of pressure from Paris and its proxies in industry and the European Commission to launch a probe into insurgent Chinese e-carmakers that have stolen a march on European manufacturers.
Putin breaks silence over Wagner chief Prigozhin’s death in jet crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first public remarks since the death of Russian warlord-turned-mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin in a fiery plane crash on Wednesday. Speculation is rife that Putin ordered the killing of the mercenary boss who rose up against the Kremlin in June, but in his public remarks he urged people to wait for the results of an investigation that will be carried out by Russian authorities.
Jet believed to be carrying Wagner boss Prigozhin crashes in Russia
A private plane carrying Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has been downed by Russian air defences, taking the lives of all on board, Moscow officials said Wednesday night. “According to the report of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, in the Tver region, close to the village of Kuzhenkino, an Embraer Legacy private jet flying between Moscow and St. Petersburg was downed,” officials said. “There were ten people on board, including three crew members.
Putin has strange deep voice in address to BRICS summit
Vladimir Putin addressed a summit of the BRICS countries on Tuesday — but not in his normal voice. The Kremlin leader didn't attend the gathering of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in Johannesburg, as he risked arrest under a war crimes indictment issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Europe’s plan to stabilize West Africa erupts - again
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS/PARIS — Europe’s hope it could buoy an island of stability in West Africa is drowning as Niger slips under military rule. The EU — and France particularly — bet big on Niger, with Paris sending resources and troops to the country and the EU committing €40 million to help train and equip the Nigerien military.
Wagner boss Prigozhin spotted at Russia-Africa summit
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been photographed at a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, appearing on the sidelines of the event hosted by President Vladimir Putin just a month after launching a failed mutiny. In two pictures circulated on social media Thursday, Prigozhin is shown wearing casual jeans and a white shirt, smiling as he presses the flesh with visiting officials.
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