The European Commission is planning to go much further than before in reducing red tape for businesses, as part of a sweeping policy proposal to revive the bloc’s economy.

French ministers are calling for the European Commission to immediately suspend standards for car emissions on the grounds that the regulation benefits Chinese manufacturers and Tesla Inc.

Tesla and BMW are also taking action over duties imposed after an EU investigation concluded Chinese subsidies were distorting the market.

The European Commission filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday against what it said was China's "unfair and illegal" practice of setting worldwide royalty rates for EU standard essential patents without the patent owner's consent.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday divulged that the commission was considering an EU subsidy programme that he had proposed. The German government scrapped its own scheme abruptly in 2023, leading to a plunge in EV sales.

EU, German and Chinese leaders took turns defending global cooperation in Davos on Tuesday as the spectre of new trade wars looms following Donald Trump's return to the White House.

With both the United States and the European Union changing their leadership in 2024 the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation are pleased to present findings from a new joint report analyzing the priorities of the new European Commission and highlighting key issues that will shape the future of US-EU cooperation.

The European Commission chief did not explicitly mention the new US president or his trade policies, but underscored the number of American jobs tied to European trade.

The European Commission has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China's approach to setting global royalty rates for EU patents without consent. This affects standard essential patents in the telecom sector and pressures EU firms to reduce fees,

The changes proposed by the new US administration have cast a long shadow at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Addressing the summit, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called for global cooperation and a "pragmatic" approach to US President Donald Trump's new team,

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the CEOs of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase of not providing banking services to conservatives, echoing Republican complaints about the industry.