We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
Easier for many companies to trade with distant countries than with EU, British Chambers of Commerce warns
Brussels will not reimpose tariffs on American whiskey and motorcycles next year
Why the world is falling out of love with investing in the Asian giant
The EU-China relationship has sunk into mutual suspicion
EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis says majority of capitals back Mercosur pact despite opposition from Paris
Brazilian leader lashes out after Macron’s criticism of agreement adds to last-minute hitches to 20 years of talks
Xi Jinping holds ‘candid’ talks with heads of European Commission and EU Council in Beijing
Subsidy is part of a deal with the UK to postpone tariffs on EV trade
Trade body finds ‘little improvement’ in ability of businesses to export to the bloc
British government argued that duties would heap excessive costs on carmakers
Also in this newsletter: Italy impounds a German-funded migrant rescue ship
Opposition from French president is latest setback to EU agreement with South American bloc
New environmental measures are swamping low-income countries with bureaucracy
Also in this newsletter: How Poland’s president is delaying Donald Tusk’s premiership
Southern European shipping nations say measures risk diverting business away from European ports
Also in this newsletter: France’s selective bashing of Chinese electric vehicles
Protest spreads to main crossing with long queues forming as temperatures drop
Also in this newsletter: Austria’s foreign minister calls for elections in Ukraine
Paris willing to postpone start of levy on EVs made in Britain or the EU
Negotiations over pact have dragged on for decades
EU believes ramping up pressure on Beijing is the only way to tackle huge bilateral trade deficit
Defence sales worth €300mn this year is 10-fold rise on 2022, with most licences approved after October 7 attack
Kyiv envoy condemns wartime ‘stab in the back’ by protesters angry at rival drivers
Also in this newsletter: Why South Korea questioned the EU’s stance on state aid
Industry urges government to extend ‘cheese letters’ before post-Brexit terms expire on December 31
International Edition
