The European Union and India have reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties after nearly two decades of negotiations

Ukrainian president doubles down on target for accession despite pushback from some European leaders

If approved, the measure would prevent European companies from providing key services for transporting Russian oil.

Brussels has accelerated its outreach to markets around the world. Over the past year, von der Leyen has signed deals with Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and South America under the catchphrase “strategic autonomy,” which in practice is akin to decoupling from a U.S. seen by most European leaders as erratic.

Hedge funds and other speculative investors are piling into EU carbon markets ahead of a looming supply squeeze, helping fuel a surge in the price of emissions permits that is raising costs for some of the bloc’s heavy industries.

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The European Union will exempt gas from key suppliers including the U.S. and Qatar from extra checks under its upcoming Russian gas ban, a draft European Commission document seen by Reuters showed.

EU said that the conviction of two laywers contradicts the democratic principle Pakistan has pledged to uphold at the international level.

This is an audio transcript of The Economics Show podcast episode: ‘How big a deal is the EU-India trade agreement? With Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki and Ajay Srivastava’ Soumaya Keynes The politicians called it the mother of all trade agreements.