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Google adtech fine on hold as EU awaits lower US car duties, sources say
EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal.
How fining Elon Musk’s X could threaten the US-EU trade deal
The European Union is expected to penalize the company, which has been accused of breaching the Digital Services Act, a law President Trump has criticized.
ECVC joins the 4 September demonstration in Brussels! Farmers refuse to foot the bill: Stop EU-Mercosur, Stop EU-US, Stop CAP’s dismantling!
ECVC farmers from Belgian, France, Germany, and the Netherlands will join civil society actors this Thursday at 5pm in Place du Luxembourg in Brussels to call for an end to the EU-Mercosur FTA.
Digital taxes put US-EU trade talks under pressure
Trump is now threatening retaliation over EU tech rules, shaking the bloc’s 15% tariff deal. Lacking China’s rare earths leverage, Brussels is scrambling for countermeasures — what cards can it still play?
Brussels poised to present Mercosur and Mexico trade deals this week
The agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc is likely to run into huge political opposition in countries like France.
EU-US trade plans revive a monster from the dead
The ‘framework agreement’ on trade between the EU and the US that was published August 21 is a worrying reminiscence of the infamous TTIP -the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership- of a decade ago.
India, EU to conclude FTA talks by year-end, pending issues may need political call: Govt sources
India and the EU are pursuing a two-stage approach to finalise an FTA, apart from a bilateral investment protection agreement and recognition of geographical indications (GIs) with the 27-member bloc.
EU Commission moves to revise trade deals with Morocco to comply with CJEU rulings on Sahara
After months of waiting, the European Commission has finally responded, following Morocco’s demand on November 25, 2024, by taking steps to address the October 4, 2024 rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which excluded Western Sahara from EU–Morocco agreements.
DTN concedes Thai-EU FTA talks unlikely to conclude this year
Thailand's Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) has conceded that the free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the EU are unlikely to conclude this year due to unresolved sensitive and complex issues. Key sticking points preventing a conclusion include the EU's demands on government procurement, as well as disagreements over energy policy, intellectual property rights, and strict environmental standards.
Spanish People’s party calls on European Commission to review trade agreement with Morocco
Member of the European Parliament and spokesperson for agricultural affairs, Carmen Crespo, has once again called on the European Commission to review the trade agreement between the EU and Morocco, explicitly excluding occupied Western Sahara, in compliance with the rulings of the European Court of Justice.