Maroš Šefčovič

The list set out 16 specific points of consensus covering trade and investment balance, export controls, intellectual property rights and World Trade Organization (WTO) reform

World shares are mostly higher and crude prices fall after an unsettled day on Wall Street

The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner

European Union trade chief Maros Sefcovic departed for China on Wednesday to meet with China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing to address differences in bilateral trade and investment

China has kept its export engine roaring with a combination of tax rebates and a weak currency, helping sustain economic growth at home while sending a surge of Chinese goods into markets abroad

Diesel falls sharply as EU considers releasing 50mn barrels under pressure from Trump

Union Minister Piyush Goyal met with his Australian counterpart Don Farrell and EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič at the G20 in Milwaukee

So it was quite something to witness velvet-clad Catalan pipers, sashaying down Barcelona's main boulevards, their medieval tunes intermingling with lilting music that accompanied flocks of brightly dressed Chinese performers

The breakthrough, announced on Tuesday, capped talks that began in 2016 and stalled a year later, only to resume again in 2024

Over 1,000 flights delayed or cancelled as FAA radar, radio systems fail

Canada's escalating trade war with the United States has added urgency to its strategic pivot towards other trading partners

The gathering is set to bring together top execs from Europe’s machinery, auto, electronics and chemicals industries

ODESA — Russia and ‌Ukraine stepped up their battle over the Black Sea and key trade routes on Wednesday, with Moscow killing eight people in overnight and early morning attacks

Routine border checks between Spain and Gibraltar have ended, allowing thousands of daily commuters to cross more easily

New EU-UK deal transforms Gibraltar crossing, boosting daily commuter flows

People are buying air conditioners despite the political awkwardness of relying on Chinese imports and worsening global warming

Brussels has ended a customs exemption for low-value imports from China while agreeing with Beijing to monitor trade flows and improve access to rare earth materials

Brussels has ended a customs exemption for low-value imports from China while agreeing with Beijing to monitor trade flows and improve access to rare earth materials

Europe Learns It’s Hard to Start a Trade War With China During a Heat Wave

From Wednesday (July 1), small parcels under that value will be subject to a new €3 (£2.60) customs charge

From Wednesday (July 1), small parcels under that value will be subject to a new €3 (£2.60) customs charge

A new process to talk about the trade imbalance between China and the European Union carries no guarantee of success

The bloc may force companies to diversify their suppliers, after Beijing’s use of export controls put pressure on EU industry

European leaders struck a triumphant tone early Wednesday after the EU finally clinched a deal to implement its long-delayed trade pact with the United States, ending months of tariff threats and transatlantic brinkmanship

The meeting between negotiators from the European Commission, EU capitals, and the Parliament took place under pressure from President Donald Trump, who, infuriated by the bloc’s foot-dragging, had threatened to hike tariffs on European cars to 25 percent from 15 percent

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels

Western powers aim to shield themselves from China's dominance ​in rare earths, specialty metals

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels

The initiative creates a trans-Atlantic market estimated at $22 trillion with 720 million potential consumers, and some nations expect to boost their exports by more than 10% by 2038, once it is fully implemented

The Polish parliament passed a resolution in mid-March urging the government to act, and President Karol Nawrocki, aligned with the opposition, sent Tusk a letter in early April demanding he file immediately

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic signed a memorandum of understanding for a ‌partnership on producing and securing critical minerals

EU lawmakers and member states agreed on Monday to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%, aiming to shield the bloc’s struggling industry from a surge in cheap Chinese imports

High-level WTO talks in Cameroon ended early Monday with no significant agreements and a failure to extend a years-long ban on customs duties for e-commerce, after deep divisions blocked a deal

The U.K. has long pushed for inclusion in a Western steel bloc, in the hopes that it could help Britain dodge the new 50 percent tariffs Brussels plans to impose

European Union lawmakers on Thursday, March 26, gave a green light — with conditions — to the bloc's tariff deal with US President Donald Trump, which Europe hopes to salvage while also racing to diversify its trade ties around the globe

Australia signs deal with European Union

A landmark free trade deal between the European Union and four South American countries will begin on May 1 after more than a quarter-century of negotiations and new global economic uncertainty unleashed by tariffs, critical mineral controls and the war in Iran

David Maddox questions Reform UK on Cardiff status as 'sanctuary city'

The prime minister has called by-elections in three vacant ridings where Liberal staffers are already door-knocking

Ties improved after Carney assumed office last year: high-level visits resumed, and talks on a trade agreement restarted

The warning came after EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic met with G7 trade ministers on Monday to talk about the new tariff, and following an EU assessment that found it would penalize some of the bloc's exports — including cheese and agricultural products — by levying more in taxes against them than would have been levied under the Turnberry deal

European Parliament negotiators to meet later on Monday to formally agree to freeze plans

Signed in January after 25 years of negotiations, the accord has strong support from Germany and Spain, but faces opposition led by France over concerns that increased imports of cheap commodities, like beef and sugar, will harm domestic farmers

The likely gains for Australian households include lower prices for European exports such as cars and trucks, wiping away tariffs that add 5 per cent to every vehicle

Miroslav Lajčák, an ally of Slovak PM Robert Fico, messaged Jeffrey Epstein about women and diplomacy in 2018 while he was foreign minister

Talks for the UK to join the EU’s €150bn (£130bn) security action for Europe (Safe) defence fund collapsed in November 2025 amid claims the bloc had set too high a price on entry, with France blamed for the breakdown

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s mission to China this week earned a five percent reduction in tariffs on scotch whisky exports and a stiff warning from U.S. President Donald Trump

After nearly two decades of efforts, the European Union and India have formally concluded negotiations in New Delhi for a free-trade deal, shoring up the 27-member bloc’s ambitions to diversify trade ties while navigating tariff pressure from Washington and a ballooning deficit with Beijing

Under pressure from the threat of Washington's tariffs, India and the European Union on Tuesday agreed the contours of a trade deal after muddling through stop-start negotiations for nearly 19 years

Fear over Trump's tariff walls and the aggressive tone coming from the White House is pushing the European Union to focus on getting other trade agreements done

Separately, the UK reached its own deal, accepting a tariff of 10 per cent on its exports to the US

Fear over Trump's tariff walls and the aggressive tone coming from the White House is pushing the European Union to focus on getting other trade agreements done

EU readies retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat

Germany’s ultra-brief Arctic mission has stunned Europe: just 44 hours after arriving in Nuuk for a NATO recon trip, 15 Bundeswehr soldiers quietly boarded a civilian jet and left, without a formal explanation