Keir Starmer flies into a COP29 climate summit overshadowed by Donald Trump’s reelection. Does the climate-conscious British PM have the will (and the cash) to fill a climate leadership vacuum? 4 HRS ago 5 mins read Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In … Read more
Ling Ji, China’s vice minister of commerce, told Czech officials on Sunday that “China disagrees with and does not accept” this decision, according to a statement released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. He also said that Beijing hopes that the Prague government will “play an active role” in creating “political will and negotiation sincerity … Read more
“There is a suspicion that not enough is done, not in an effective way to really prevent the dissemination of illegal products,” a Commission official said, briefing reporters ahead of the announcement. “We have reasons to believe that Temu didn’t properly analyze the addictive nature” of some of its features, they added. Under the DSA, … Read more
The Commission also interpreted the silence of two countries — Czechia and Greece — as assent, bringing the total to 12. On a weighted basis, that adds up to more than 60 percent of the EU population in favor of the duties. Czechia has a sizable car industry and could conceivably vote against if push comes … Read more
Beijing’s decision comes after the EU decided not to impose provisional and retroactive duties on made-in-China electric vehicles (EVs) during its own probe. Chinese President Xi Jinping had also committed during a May visit to Paris not to impose duties until the probe’s conclusion in January 2025. The Chinese investigation was seen as retaliation to … Read more
This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide. There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette. Céline Imart AGRICULTURAL DISRUPTOR European People’s Party, France A cereal farmer from Occitania in France, she … Read more
“First of all, we need to reduce the price of energy,” minister said Draghi. Industry pays two to three times as much for electricity in Europe as in the U.S., and this is “a major competitive disadvantage,” Draghi said, adding that a fragmented and undeveloped energy market across the EU has made the situation worse. … Read more
The bloc’s trade arm has been investigating suspected Chinese subsidies to its electric vehicle makers and is set to announce duties to balance off the effect on the EU manufacturers. The timeline for the probe, announced by von der Leyen last fall, is however bound by a number of legal restrictions and deadlines. Several trade … Read more
With the European Commission poised to slap tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, the BNIC — whose members employ 70,000 people and account for nearly €4 billion in export sales — fears that this move will escalate simmering trade tensions with Beijing. In response to the investigation into state subsidies for Chinese EVs, which Paris supported, … Read more
Not all MEPs have participated equally in the potential bonanza. Transparency International found that MEPs on the political right and center were more likely to take cash, and earn more, than those on the left. (Top outside earner Uspaskich isn’t aligned with any political group — since being kicked out of Renew in 2021 for … Read more
