Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to finalize…
Read more U.S., China Reach Rare Earths, Tariff Pause for Trump and Xi to ConsiderThe earlier target represents a loss for the German Greens who, ahead of a three-day party congress in Lyon this weekend, had pushed for the climate neutrality target…
Read more Greens push for EU climate neutrality by 2040 in election manifestoLONDON — President Joe Biden has quietly shelved plans for a “foundational” trade agreement with the U.K. ahead of the 2024 election — following Senate opposition and disagreements…
Read more Biden quietly shelves trade pact with UK before 2024 electionsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s trade deal with India will not include legally enforceable commitments on…
Read more Rishi Sunak to sign UK-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledgesPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. NEW DELHI — With the clock likely ticking on his time in Downing Street, Rishi Sunak wants…
Read more Rishi Sunak hopes AI could be his legacyPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukraine is threatening to take Brussels and EU member countries to the World Trade Organization if they…
Read more Ukraine threatens legal action against EU if grain curbs drag onBRUSSELS — The Netherlands on Friday started enforcing new export controls restrictions on advanced microchips production machines to China, siding with Washington in the geopolitical tussle over who…
Read more Dutch cozy up to US with controls on exporting microchip kit to ChinaPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Under pressure from the EU to rein in deforestation or face trade restrictions, Amazon countries must figure…
Read more Brazil’s Lula pushes end to deforestation, stumbles on fossil fuelsIndonesian President Joko Widodo makes a speech during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Minister’s Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 14, 2023. Murat Gok |…
Read more Southeast Asia moves closer to economic unity with new regional payments systemUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres backed the reform of the U.N. Security Council and the international financial system to align them with the “realities of today’s world.” Both…
Read more UN chief backs reform of Security Council, global financial systemBRUSSELS — Just when you thought Europe’s China policy could not be more disunited, the two most powerful countries of the European Union are now also at odds over whether…
Read more Europe’s disunity over China deepensPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukraine’s farmers played an iconic role in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion, towing away abandoned enemy…
Read more Ukraine’s bumper grain exports rile allies in eastern EUPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Whisper it softly, but the Brexit endgame has arrived. Eighteen months after Brussels and London…
Read more Briefing wars escalate as nervous EU and Britain enter Brexit endgameLONDON — Japan increasingly sees the U.K. as a key defense and trade ally in its pushback against China in the Indo-Pacific, say senior Japanese officials, as the…
Read more Japan hugs UK close as it seeks to push back against ChinaLONDON — It took one bruising campaign defeat and six weeks of exile — but on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak will finally become U.K. prime minister. He faces the…
Read more So Rishi Sunak is the UK’s next prime minister. What happens now?Press play to listen to this article Europe, the world’s largest economic bloc, enjoyed stable trade surpluses for a decade but the war in Ukraine and the ensuing…
Read more Europe racks up record trade deficit. Can it bounce back?Press play to listen to this article PARIS — U.S. President Joe Biden needs to watch out; France is resuming its traditional role as Europe’s troublemaker on the…
Read more France plays bad cop as transatlantic trade tensions ramp up
