Briefing wars escalate as nervous EU and Britain enter Brexit endgame

Briefing wars escalate as nervous EU and Britain enter Brexit endgame

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Whisper it softly, but the Brexit endgame has arrived. Eighteen months after Brussels and London reopened talks on the contentious Northern Ireland protocol — and more than three years after Britain actually left the EU — panicked officials on both sides … Read more

Dutch PM Rutte wants EU to play it frugal in face of mega US subsidies

Dutch PM Rutte wants EU to play it frugal in face of mega US subsidies

[ad_1] Don’t inject fresh money into the European Union — just reform national policies, says Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. That’s the best way to prevent EU industry from getting wiped out by U.S. companies under Washington’s major new green subsidies scheme, Rutte told a group of journalists at the office of the Dutch embassy … Read more

Scholz upbeat about trade truce with US in ‘first quarter of this year’

Scholz upbeat about trade truce with US in ‘first quarter of this year’

[ad_1] PARIS — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raised optimism on Sunday that the EU and the U.S. can reach a trade truce in the coming months to prevent discrimination against European companies due to American subsidies. Speaking at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron following a joint Franco-German Cabinet meeting in Paris, Scholz … Read more