Alberto Nardelli

Trade negotiations between the European Union and China have been plagued by major disagreements, with planned tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles likely to kick in at the end of the month.

The European Union has prepared a list of American goods it could target with tariffs if former President Donald Trump wins the US election and follows through on his threat to hit the bloc with punitive trade measures.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again blocked European Union efforts to tweak its Russia sanctions regime, a step needed to unlock significant US participation in a $50 billion loan to Ukraine.

With an election this week, documents seen by Bloomberg expose the extent of Moscow’s infiltration of the former Soviet state.

The European Union is debating whether to hike tariffs on more Russian agricultural and food products, as well as fertilizers, according to people familiar with the matter.

The European Union said it still sees “significant remaining gaps” with Beijing after eight rounds of negotiations aimed at avoiding tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles that are due to kick in by the end of this month.

Group of Seven nations finalized a $50 billion loan to Ukraine backed by the profits generated by immobilized Russian central bank assets, clearing the way for much-needed aid to soon flow to Kyiv and largely shielding critical financing from the outcome of the US presidential election.

After months of negotiations, threats of retaliation and auto-industry lobbying, the European Union went ahead and imposed higher tariffs today on electric vehicles from China.

The European Union has decided to send officials to Beijing to hold more talks aimed at finding an alternative to tariffs on electric vehicles from China, according to people familiar with the matter.

The UK has spent more than a year trying to get hundreds of guns moved from floating armories that are helping Russia profit enormously from its oil trade despite widespread sanctions