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Plans to lift US poultry ban delayed
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Michel calls for regional trade blocs
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French president takes on Mandelson
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EU experts vet US gambling restrictions
EU continues to lift Brazilian beef ban
The world after Bush
Trade winds that blow in one direction
Post-war Japan invented the globalisation handbook. But the country has been slow to open up its own markets to foreign products and investors.
Court to shed light on dumping rules
Case highlights dilemma facing EU manufacturers; follows intense debate on review of dumping rules.
Mandelson rejects French blame for Irish ‘No’
Peter Mandelson, the European trade commissioner, has hit back at accusations by Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France, that he is to blame for Irish voters saying ‘No’ to the Lisbon treaty last week.
EU risks backlash made in China
China is in no mood for self-analysis following last year’s spate of product- safety scares.
EU executive not to be hurried on climate protectionism
European Commission open to measures against states that fail to tackle climate change, but says steps should only follow climate-change summit.
Tougher action needed in the China shop
The US and China talk real business; the EU and China just have a talking shop.
US biodiesel policies under investigation
The European Commission believes it has evidence that the US is providing unfair subsidies and is dumping biofuel on the European market.
Duties on cereal remain suspended
Tightness of supply lines prompts decision; EU executive also slashes red tape.
France wants importers in emissions trading scheme
Paris believes suggestion will help protect EU’s competitiveness.
Chinese agree plan to boost product safety
Safety accord set to be signed in November.
Hungary told to scrap power deals
The European Commission told Hungary on 4 June to end its long-term power purchase agreements, saying they provided electricity generators with excessive amounts of state aid and had closed a significant part of the market from new entrants as a result.
Expert committee rejects bid to lift restrictions on US poultry
Conclusion adds to difficulties facing Commission plan to end 11-year ban.
Chicken U-turn flies in the face of science
The EU is letting the facts get in the way of a good argument with the US.
Bid to lift US poultry ban suffers fresh blow
Hygiene committee joins majority of EU member states in opposing end to long-standing ban.
EU should reach for sound science
Politics risks superseding science in a worrying number of cases, a trend that is unsettling US business.
Commission wants US poultry ban lifted
The European Commission is now set for a battle with EU member states.
Ukrainian sunflower oil barred from EU
EU decision comes after cases of contamination and Ukraine’s ‘failure’ to provide guarantees.
EU predicts growing role for Chinese agriculture
Sales of EU agricultural products rising fast in China, but it remains a small market.
Doing greasy deals with dirty regimes
The EU is dependent on countries with dubious human rights records if it is to meet its gas and oil demands.
EU struggles to agree on anti-Gazprom clause
Some EU member states fear that the Commission’s unbundling plans will allow the Russians to snap up energy networks.
Mandelson touts tariff deal
Trade chief presents latest WTO proposals; farmers and business groups voice dismay.
Teaming up for Chinese trade
Team Trade walks the talk (while running). The Brussels 20km road-race takes place on Sunday (25 May). Never missing an opportunity to preach the virtues of “free …
Barnier reiterates call for regional blocs
French agricultural minister again calls for African and Latin American CAPs and argues against global cut in agricultural tariffs.
EU states against end to US poultry ban
All but six member states oppose European Commission plan to lift decade-old ban.