The European vegetable oil and protein meal industry plays an essential role in the EU food system: crushing and refining both EU-grown and imported raw materials into safe, high-quality products, the sector processes about 86% of EU oilseed production.
With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else.
Washington’s embrace of crypto may endanger the European financial system, but Frankfurt and Brussels are arguing over whether to rewrite a landmark law.
Pharmaceuticals were the EU’s largest export to the U.S. last year, worth a reported $127B.
Why let penguins have all the fun?
Cheap clothes and online retailing means people are buying — and discarding — more garments than ever before.
A proposal for permanent trade liberalisation with Ukraine would divide agricultural products into three categories, depending on how ‘sensitive’ they are to the EU market.
The Critical Medicines Act is the EU’s attempt to tackle manufacturing dependencies on India and China.
Farmers from Germany, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia join Czech-led demonstrations, rejecting Ukraine’s efforts to ease concerns over cheap imports.
With Ukraine’s privileged access to the EU market expiring soon, Kyiv pleads for clarity — while Brussels hesitates and Washington’s backing disintegrates.
EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.
Ulla Neergaard, Professor of EU Law, University of Copenhagen
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*This contribution draws upon Ulla
Neergaard’s forthcoming work, “‘Eurarctic’: Colonialism and EU-Greenland…
European Commission also urges EU lawmakers to phase out exemption on customs duties for parcels under €150Parcels sent from China by online retailers such as Shein and Temu will face strict new customs controls as part of a crackdown by the European C…
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
Insect proteins arrived on the EU market in 2021. Just a few years later, producers are in dire straits.
“We’ve now got someone who’s incredibly hostile to China coming into the White House,” said a bank lobbyist.
EU countries are behind on most, if not all, their sustainability commitments.
The companies’ plea to the EU comes as the region faces a gas supply cutoff from Moscow via Ukraine later this month.
Trump’s punitive tariffs would put Brussels under pressure to cut a defensive deal to fend off a glut of Chinese exports.
Paris risks an embarrassing defeat this week, just as its government faces possible censure and collapse. But this won’t be the end of the saga.
Europeans may not like Donald Trump, but officials from several countries said his reelection could spur change in the bloc — namely on defense.
“It’s ironic,” says Brussels bookseller.
Chinese producers of electric vehicles will soon face steep tariffs before selling their high-end goods in the EU market.
Chinese producers of electric vehicles will soon face steep tariffs before selling their high-end goods in the EU market.
The EU’s top court delivers a ruling on an exceptionally fierce legal fight this week.
With billions invested in start-ups that tackle climate change and drive digital advances, Europe’s VC industry is not just keeping pace—it’s powering the EU’s ambitions and setting the stage for a brighter future. Eric de Montgolfier…
German media group has been lobbying against the rules.
The win for the U.S. mogul comes amid fraught relations with the EU.
The Paris startup wants Europeans munching cell-grown foie gras by 2026.
SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) – China approved no new coal-based steel projects in the first half of 2024, researchers said on Thursday, accelerating its shift towards green production as it prepares for the impact of a new carbon levy on exports to Eur…
The country’s Council stint will be marked by political change in Brussels following the EU election.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP/Renew) warned against “CO2 tourism”, as EU rules for renewable fuels could lead to liquified CO2 from Europe being shipped to other parts of the world to produce e-fuels for the EU market.
Even if they aren’t yet, things could soon get nastier as Brussels’ investigation into Chinese electric vehicles nears its conclusion.
Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian gas and ship it to the EU.
The European Parliament has approved sweeping new rules designed to stamp out products tainted with forced labour from the EU market.
The fact that we finally have a law to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market is an immense achievement of this legislature. Shirts, shoes, or cars made by enslaved Uyghurs, Turkmens, or any forced workers have no place in our shops.
