The UK faces gruelling talks with the EU over the fee for participating in a €150bn defence procurement fund as it races to meet a November deadline to join.

European companies are reporting renewed delays obtaining Chinese rare earth export licences, less than two months after EU leaders won commitments to address the issue during a visit to Beijing.

The Wassenaar Arrangement was established in 1996 and has 42 members including the US and Russia, but not China. Based in Vienna, it aims to ensure that the export of dual use items “do not contribute ...

Some capitals remain wary over ‘reparation loans’ plan, as US calls on G7 to tap Moscow’s money immobilised abroad ...

Former Italian PM frustrated with ‘inaction’ a year after his report on how to improve Europe’s competitiveness ...

Today, our economy correspondent reveals a Danish government study that reckons incoming EU regulations could add €124bn in annual costs to businesses and administrations already struggling with red ...

Brussels plays for time as New Delhi and neighbouring Pakistan press competing claims to grain’s protected status ...

Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said at a Politico conference this week: “I think you can draw a pretty clear line, and the Supreme Court has done ...

Trade talks have been tortuous after they were relaunched in 2021 following years of stalled efforts. India has applied tariffs as high as 100 per cent on products including spirits and chemicals. It ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is “bullying” countries to abandon their climate change policies by linking them to trade deals, threatening to slow international action to limit global ...

In the article “EU stands its ground on digital rules” ( Report, August 27) the authors state that “if Trump does impose new sanctions or tariffs, the EU has options to retaliate, although it has so ...

The European Union (EU) and Indonesia have finalised a trade agreement to be signed next week in Bali island, a senior ...