China begins anti-subsidy investigation into European dairy imports
Inquiry into eight EU countries is latest chapter in hostility between Beijing and EU over trade Chinese authorities have launched an anti-subsidy investigation into European...
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Eurozone inflation eases but ECB likely to keeping interest rates on hold
Consumer prices slip to 2.5% but core rate stays stubbornly high prompting little belief in further cuts in borrowing costs Inflation across the eurozone slowed...
UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters
Small and medium-sized firms badly hit as huge drop in apparel sales helps fuel 18% slide in all-non food exports UK exports of clothing and...
JCB built and supplied equipment to Russia months after saying exports had stopped
Exclusive: Russian customs records suggest firm owned by major Tory donor kept supplying machines after ‘voluntary pause’ The British digger maker JCB, owned by the...
Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continue China’s president, Xi Jinping, is to visit Europe next week...
Dover Port health body fears gangs of meat smugglers looking to bypass new post-Brexit checks
Authority weighs up legal action against government over new checks on imported meat taking place 22 miles inland The Port of Dover could become a...
Why is Germany’s economy struggling – and can the government fix it?
As railway staff, lorry drivers, farmers and others threaten to strike, we examine the challenges the country faces Railway staff, lorry drivers and farmers are...
EU set to suspend Brexit tariffs on EVs for three years in major boost for car industry
Commission moves to delay 10% sales charge after intense lobbying by EU and UK carmakers The European Commission looks set to propose a three-year delay...
Russia has tightened capital controls to help prop up rouble, report says
Western companies that sell their Russian assets restricted from taking proceeds in dollars and euros Russia has reportedly imposed additional currency controls in an attempt...
Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet
Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but baulk at smaller gestures They are willing to have smaller families, stop using...
