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- EU to increase tariffs on imported grain products from Russia, Belarus — 25 March 2024, 19:05 CET
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The EU Commission proposed Friday to increase tariffs on imports into the EU of cereals, oilseeds, and derived products from Russia and Belarus, including wheat, maize, and sunflower meal.
- EU votes to extend trade support for Ukraine — 20 March 2024, 23:35 CET
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The European Parliament and EU Council reached provisional agreement Wednesday on extending trade liberalisation measures for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression.
- EU, Switzerland launch talks for closer relations — 18 March 2024, 21:57 CET
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The European Union and Switzerland launched negotiations Monday on a broad package of measures aimed at deepening and expanding the EU-Switzerland relationship.
- EU strikes deal to ban products made with forced labour — 05 March 2024, 18:59 CET
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Products made with forced labour are to be banned from the EU market under the provisional deal agreed Tuesday by the European Parliament and EU Council.
- New WTO rules to simplify services trade in force — 27 February 2024, 23:03 CET
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Trade in services received a boost Tuesday with the entry into force of new World Trade Organization rules aimed at facilitating and simplifying global trade in services.
- EU-Russia trade remains at low levels — 22 February 2024, 23:59 CET
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EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, dropping considerably below levels prior to the invasion, Eurostat reports.
- Brussels moves quickly on Nth Ireland agri-trade tariff solution — 30 January 2024, 17:36 CET
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The EU Commission adopted a proposal Tuesday setting out a new EU-UK joint solution under the Windsor Framework regarding the use of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) by Northern Ireland businesses.
- Multinationals in EU face new era for corporate taxation — 08 January 2024, 18:35 CET
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Ground-breaking new EU rules on corporate taxation came into effect on 1 January with the introduction of a 15 per cent minimum rate of effective taxation for multinational companies active in the EU.
- Green light for tariffs delay on UK electric cars — 21 December 2023, 23:48 CET
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The EU Council agreed Thursday to give manufacturers of electric cars in the EU and the UK more time to comply with local content requirements for electric vehicles under the EU-UK Trade Agreement.
- EU prolongs tariff suspension for US steel products — 20 December 2023, 00:07 CET
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The European Union is to extend until 31 March 2025 the suspension of 'rebalancing tariffs' on US products in the context of a steel and aluminium dispute initially implemented during the Trump Presidency.
- EU and Kenya sign major 'sustainable' trade agreement — 18 December 2023, 15:56 CET
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The European Union and Kenya signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Monday to boost bilateral trade in goods, increase investment flows, and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
- EU-Kenya trade agreement - guide — 18 December 2023, 15:48 CET
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The EU and Kenya signed on 18 December an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to boost bilateral trade in goods, increase investment flows, and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
- EU proposes 3-year delay to tariffs on UK electric cars — 07 December 2023, 22:45 CET
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The European Commission proposed Wednesday a three-year extension to current electric vehicle battery rules of origin under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
- New ecodesign rules make sustainable products the norm — 06 December 2023, 21:54 CET
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The European Parliament and EU Council struck a deal Tuesday on an update to the Ecodesign Regulation, which establishes a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products.
- Fake items worth EUR 2bn stopped at EU borders last year — 29 November 2023, 00:18 CET
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Approximately 86 million fake items were detained in the European Union in 2022 (at the EU external border and in the internal market), according to a report published on Tuesday.
- EU ratifies landmark trade agreement with New Zealand — 27 November 2023, 22:14 CET
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The EU completed Monday the political procedures to ratify an ambitious free trade agreement with New Zealand, expected to cut some EUR 140 million a year in duties for EU companies.
- Deal reached on stricter EU rules for waste shipments — 17 November 2023, 16:54 CET
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The EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement Friday to update the regulation on shipments of waste, with the aim of reducing shipments of problematic waste to outside the EU.
- EU strikes provisional deal to boost supply of critical raw materials — 13 November 2023, 21:58 CET
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The EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional deal Monday for a framework to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, known as the Critical Raw Materials Act.
- Nearly half EU car imports in 2022 electric & hybrid — 06 November 2023, 23:36 CET
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Trade of electric & hybrid cars continued its strong rise in 2022, according to the EU's statistics agency Eurostat, with an increase of 35 percentage points compared with 2017.
- EU launches probe into subsidised electric cars from China — 04 October 2023, 23:16 CET
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As cheap, subsidised imports of Chinese electric cars surge into Europe, the EU Commission formally launched Wednesday an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of electric vehicles from China.
- New EU anti-coercion trade tool to act as deterrent — 03 October 2023, 18:25 CET
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The EU Parliament approved Tuesday a new trade instrument to enable the EU to respond should it or member states face economic blackmail from a foreign country seeking to influence a specific policy or stance.
- EU re-imposes Intel fine for anti-competitive practices in chips — 25 September 2023, 23:58 CET
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The European Commission re-imposed a fine of EUR 376.36 million on American tech giant Intel Friday for a previously established abuse of dominant position in the market for x86 computer chips.
- EU Commission re-imposes EUR 376.36m fine on Intel for anticompetitive practices in the market for computer chips - guide — 23 September 2023, 00:06 CET
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The European Commission re-imposed on 22 September a fine of around EUR 376.36 million on Intel for a previously established abuse of dominant position in the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units ('CPUs').
- EU sets course to become global chips powerhouse — 23 September 2023, 00:19 CET
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The European Chips Act came into force Thursday, with a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU's security of supply and technological leadership in semiconductor technologies.
- European Chips Act enters into force - guide — 21 September 2023, 17:50 CET
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The European Chips Act entered into force on 21 September. It puts in place a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU's security of supply, resilience and technological leadership in semiconductor technologies and applications.