Macronโ€™s cognac โ€” the only thing that went down smoothly with Xi

Xi Jinping handed Emmanuel Macron some wins during his state visit, but offered few meaningful concessions on trade and Ukraine

How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea

US is marshaling an international fleet as fears grow of Yemeni rebels’ impact on world economy

French Jews live in fear amid rising antisemitism following Hamas attacks

Israel’s war against Hamas is exposing fault lines in French society โ€” home to the world’s largest Jewish community after Israel and the US.

Experts: Stockpiling may be EUโ€™s blind spot in critical raw materials debate

Chinaโ€™s decision on Friday (20 October) to curb graphite exports raised the question of creating new EU strategic stocks of critical raw materials, a question that has so far been largely overlooked by Brussels.