U.S. spirits exports rose 10% in 2024 to $2.4 billion, according to a report by Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), driven by a surge in supply
April 24, 2025
Germany still hopes the European Union can find agreement with the United States to bring about a reduction in import tariffs but supports counter-measures if this fails, the
April 24, 2025
The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple and Meta Platforms by the European Union were a "novel form of economic extortion" that
April 23, 2025
Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the
April 23, 2025
European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday fined Apple 500 million euros ($570 million) and Meta 200 million euros to make the companies comply with
April 23, 2025
European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules
April 23, 2025
EU whacks Apple and Meta with $800 million in antitrust fines. Meta calls its penalty a ‘tariff’
April 23, 2025
European drugmakers are urging the EU to allow higher medicine prices, warning that without stronger investment incentives, the bloc would fall further behind the U.S., where
April 23, 2025
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said on Wednesday the German automaker was urging the European Union to find an "equitable solution" to create a level-playing
April 23, 2025
The European Union is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of companies such as X, Meta, Apple and Tiktok or where they are based, Commission
April 21, 2025
The European Union on Saturday reacted cautiously to Russian President Vladimir Putin's declaration of a unilateral 30-hour Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, saying Moscow could stop
April 19, 2025
U.S.
April 17, 2025
Farmers in Colombia, the world's fifth-largest banana grower, are looking to boost shipments to the European Union this year on the lucrativeness of shipping to the region, an
April 17, 2025
European officials have dropped the idea of pushing for a ban on the bloc's Russian liquefied natural gas imports in upcoming packages because of resistance from some governments
April 16, 2025
China wants to deal with the European Union as a partner instead of a rival, its ambassador to Spain said, amid shifting geopolitics and Washington's new trade
April 16, 2025
Meta Platforms said on Monday it would use interactions that users have with its AI, as well as public posts and comments shared by adults across its platforms, to train its artificial
April 14, 2025
Social media company Meta says that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after privacy activists raised concerns about data privacy
April 14, 2025
British finance minister Rachel Reeves wrote in a column for the Observer due to be published on Sunday that she wants to achieve "an ambitious new relationship" with the European
April 12, 2025
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said it was naive and dangerous to think China could replace the United States as a trade partner, and urged European Union (EU) members to
April 11, 2025
China is looking to mend a strained trading relationship with the European Union, the last open major market for its products, to weather a trade war with the United
April 11, 2025
President Xi Jinping told Spain's prime minister on Friday that China and the European Union must join together in defending globalisation and
April 11, 2025
Italy's high-speed railway is finally pressing into the heart of the underdeveloped south, using European Union funds in the hope that the new
April 11, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that U.S.
April 11, 2025
The European Union and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to launch free trade talks, the EU and UAE said on Thursday, amid the upheaval and uncertainties created by U.S.
April 10, 2025
The European Union’s executive commission says it will put on hold for 90 days its retaliation measures against new U.S. tariffs to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution
April 10, 2025
Wall Street bosses are girding for Europe to sideline American investment banks in response to the tariff war unleashed by U.S.
April 09, 2025
Adam Williams, 57, owner of Ansley Wine Merchants in Atlanta, said he was bracing for the worst on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump's tariffs are set to kick in,
April 08, 2025
Armenia's president on Friday signed into law a bill that sets a legal foundation for the South Caucasus country to move towards joining the European Union as it moves to
April 04, 2025
U.S.
April 04, 2025
World markets were slammed on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump's unveiling of reciprocal tariffs to match duties put on U.S. goods by other countries.
April 02, 2025
The Luxembourg-based steel group Aperam said on Thursday it would explore potential exemptions from announced U.S. tariffs, along with its U.S. customers.
April 03, 2025
Spanish steel maker Acerinox said on Thursday that the U.S. tariffs would have "in principle" positive effects on the company as the country is its main market and where its main
April 03, 2025
Europe prepares countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs, calling them a ‘major blow to the world economy’
April 03, 2025
Shares in European luxury companies dropped on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, including on goods from the European Union and Switzerland.
April 03, 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described U.S.
April 03, 2025
France expects tariffs to be announced later on Wednesday from U.S President Donald Trump on French and European products to be in the range of 20-25%, leading to "major economic
April 02, 2025
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and its top business lobby warned on Wednesday that looming U.S. tariffs would have a major impact on the
April 02, 2025
Wind farms off the northern German coast have been asked to install radar facilities in an attempt to boost surveillance of ships and drones, the federal maritime authority said on
April 02, 2025
The effect of U.S. tariffs on Italian companies will be massive, the head of national industry lobby Confindustria said on Wednesday, calling for Europe to negotiate with President
April 02, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping and European Union leaders are set to visit Vietnam in the next few weeks in a swirl of diplomatic activity amid
April 02, 2025
Europe warns Trump: We have ‘a strong plan’ for retaliation against tariffs
April 01, 2025
For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising
March 31, 2025
A court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across France and Europe
March 31, 2025
Stellantis will buy credits from a "pool" led by Tesla also in 2025, to meet European Union's CO2 reduction requirements, despite Brussels giving carmakers three years to
March 29, 2025
PayPal's shares fell 5% on Friday after comments from a European Union lawmaker raised concerns that payments firms could get swept up in escalating trade tensions and
March 28, 2025
A German government spokesperson said on Friday that "nothing is off the table" with regards to punitive measures in response to the threat of U.S. tariffs, after an EU lawmaker
March 28, 2025
France’s foreign affairs minister says France and China are making progress toward resolving a trade dispute over cognac imports
March 28, 2025
The European Union is ramping up efforts to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China
March 27, 2025
Italy is concerned but not "terrified" of any new tariffs the United States could impose on wine, the country's agriculture minister said on Thursday, adding he
March 27, 2025
The European Union is preparing its response to the new import tariffs on imported vehicles announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, the European Commission said on Thursday.
March 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that larger tariffs could be placed on the European Union and Canada if they both work together "to do economic harm to the USA."
March 27, 2025
The European Commissioner for trade, Maros Sefcovic, is heading to Washington to meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday.
March 24, 2025
European Union leaders said on Thursday that they will continue to support Ukraine, but they did not immediately endorse a call by
March 20, 2025
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Thursday to boost Spain's defence spending along with the rest of the EU, though a parliamentary vote
March 20, 2025
The European Union has delayed its first counter-measures against the United States over President Donald Trump's metals tariffs until mid-April, allowing it
March 20, 2025
As one of the European Union's top negotiators, Sabine Weyand has battled Britain over Brexit and driven tough trade talks around the world.
March 19, 2025
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that illegal migrants denied asylum by Greece should be returned to their country of origin, and he urged the European Union to
March 20, 2025
Europe should further boost military spending, pool resources on joint defence projects and buy more European arms, according to an EU blueprint
March 19, 2025
The European Union on Wednesday outlined that steps that Apple must take to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to work better with competing technologies
March 19, 2025
The European Union has announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States
March 19, 2025
The European Union should fund Ukraine's access to space services that can be provided by EU-based commercial providers, the European Commission said in its white
March 19, 2025
The European Union will tighten steel import quotas to reduce inflows by a further 15% from April, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, in a
March 19, 2025
Tens of thousands of Italians have joined a pro-Europe rally in the center of Rome, waving blue European Union flags in a sign of support and unity amid a European push for rearmament that has split the country
March 15, 2025
Thousands of Romanians took to the streets of Bucharest on Saturday to show their support for the European Union, amid political disputes
March 15, 2025
On the U.S. trade front, March came in like a lion and won't be going out like a lamb
March 15, 2025
German carmaker BMW said on Friday it expected tariffs to cost it 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) this year, while
March 14, 2025
European Union authorities are considering an accounting change that would increase Italy's towering public debt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told
March 14, 2025
The European Union is expected to sanction nine individuals in connection with violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two EU diplomats said on Friday.
March 14, 2025
The European Union agreed on Friday to renew sanctions on Russian individuals and entities but kept Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman on the list
March 14, 2025
The European Union should be prepared to go as far as doubling its military aid to Ukraine this year to 40 billion euros ($43 billion) if necessary,
March 14, 2025
Trump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates
March 13, 2025
Armenia and Azerbaijan will not deploy third-country forces along their border after the two sides sign a peace agreement, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday.
March 13, 2025
Olli Rehn, an ECB policymaker, said that the U.S. administration must be encouraged to avoid leveraging "unnecessary and very harmful" tariffs on Europe through a negotiations
March 13, 2025
The new Austrian government says it has decided to immediately stop family reunion procedures for migrants because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately
March 12, 2025
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