EU launches Asia strategy to rival China’s ‘new Silk Road’
As doubts grow over China's 'Belt and Road' trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan for Asia it says will not saddle countries with debt they cannot repay.
The EU’s major tax-dodging cases
The high-profile cases in which the European Union's competition watchdog has launched investigations on member states for granting tax breaks to multinational companies.
US-China trade war is hurting EU companies
European business leader says US tariffs against China are "economic madness."
Juncker urges EU to become ‘global player’ with muscular foreign policy
Europe must become "global player" with a muscular foreign policy to match its economic strength, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says in his annual address to parliament.
Trump trade rows are ‘destroying’ growth, says German minister
Germany's economy minister lashes out at US President Trump, slamming his global trade rows and efforts to "dictate" Europe's dealings with Iran through renewed US sanctions.
Eurozone growth slows as trade tensions persist
Economic growth in the eurozone slowed in the second quarter, official data shows, feeding concerns that global trade tensions fuelled by Washington may be hurting Europe's economy.
Trump, Juncker agree to ease US-EU trade tensions
US President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed on a plan to defuse the festering trade dispute between the two major economies.
The European Union’s global trade deals
EU trade deals: negotiations and agreements
EU sets steel duties to shield industry against US tariff fallout
The European Union has said it will introduce retaliatory measures against US plans to impose steel and aluminum tariffs.
EU urges big powers to avert trade ‘conflict and chaos’
The EU urges the US, China and Russia to work together to ease worsening global trade tensions, warning that they could otherwise spiral into "conflict and chaos".