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  • EU removes Pakistan from list of 'High-Risk Third Countries' March 29, 2023 11:08 PM IST

    EU removes Pakistan from list of 'High-Risk Third Countries'

    Pakistan was included on the list in 2018, placing the country under additional regulatory restrictions.

  • Food security, ammunition in focus as EU leaders discuss Ukraine war with UN chief March 23, 2023 03:09 PM IST

    Food security, ammunition in focus as EU leaders discuss Ukraine war with UN chief

    Guterres will be a guest at an EU summit in Brussels, days after the renewal of a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey on the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.

  • Malaysia palm oil, rubber farmers file EU petition contesting deforestation law March 15, 2023 01:49 PM IST

    Malaysia palm oil, rubber farmers file EU petition contesting deforestation law

    The EU in December agreed on a deforestation law that requires companies to produce a due diligence statement showing when and where their commodities were produced and provide "verifiable" information that they were not grown on land deforested after 2020, or risk hefty fines.

  • Volkswagen pauses on Europe battery plants, awaiting EU response to IRA March 08, 2023 02:19 PM IST

    Volkswagen pauses on Europe battery plants, awaiting EU response to IRA

    The Financial Times previously reported that Volkswagen was pausing plans for a battery plant in eastern Europe, the next expected plant in the region, and prioritising building a plant in North America where it could reap 9-10 billion euros ($10.54 billion) in subsidies.

  • EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter March 08, 2023 05:59 AM IST

    EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter

    The demand complicates Musk's efforts to reorganize the loss-making business he acquired for $44 billion in October.

  • Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say March 03, 2023 06:41 AM IST

    Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say

    Microsoft President Brad Smith last month said the U.S. software giant was ready to offer rivals licensing deals to address antitrust concerns but it would not sell Activision's lucrative "Call of Duty" franchise.

  • India feeling 'little challenged' about EU's carbon tax: Official March 01, 2023 08:45 PM IST

    India feeling 'little challenged' about EU's carbon tax: Official

    In January last year, India and the EU resumed negotiations for a free trade agreement, investment protection and Geographical Indications (GI).

  • EU's carbon tax to impact India's metal exports: GTRI March 01, 2023 02:42 PM IST

    EU's carbon tax to impact India's metal exports: GTRI

    The EU is introducing the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) from October 1 this year. CBAM will translate into a 20-35 per cent tax on select imports into the EU starting January 1, 2026.

  • Apple faces EU charge over App Store rules as regulators narrow case February 28, 2023 05:22 PM IST

    Apple faces EU charge over App Store rules as regulators narrow case

    The European Commission, which acts as the executive for the 27-country European Union, dropped an earlier charge that targeted Apple’s rules which require developers to use its own in-app payment system.

  • India expects FTA with EU to be 'game-changer': S Jaishankar February 28, 2023 03:55 PM IST

    India expects FTA with EU to be 'game-changer': S Jaishankar

    In an address at an event at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Jaishankar also said that Europe and India can strengthen each other’s strategic autonomy by reducing dependencies, cooperating on critical technologies and ensuring supply-chain restructuring.

  • UK's PM and EU chief clinch Brexit deal over Northern Ireland trade February 27, 2023 09:19 PM IST

    UK's PM and EU chief clinch Brexit deal over Northern Ireland trade

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen adopted the deal at talks in Windsor, west of London, both sides said.

  • EU antitrust regulators set to warn Broadcom on $61 billion VMware deal: sources February 27, 2023 05:20 PM IST

    EU antitrust regulators set to warn Broadcom on $61 billion VMware deal: sources

    The European Commission opened an investigation in December last year, saying the deal would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMware's software.

  • EU Commission to ban TikTok on staff phones, citing security February 23, 2023 05:22 PM IST

    EU Commission to ban TikTok on staff phones, citing security

    Breton however declined to give further details at a news conference on whether there were any incidents involving TikTok.

  • EU members fail to agree on new Russia sanctions, further talks on February 23 February 22, 2023 09:26 PM IST

    EU members fail to agree on new Russia sanctions, further talks on February 23

    The proposed package includes trade curbs worth more than 10 billion euros, according to the bloc's chief executive, including a ban on EU imports of Russian rubber.

  • EU eyes a new tech champion, but it's no ChatGPT February 20, 2023 05:36 PM IST

    EU eyes a new tech champion, but it's no ChatGPT

    Paris is beefing up its cyber-industrial complex while Brussels reins in chatbots. What’s new?

  • Google, Twitter, Meta, Apple face tougher EU online content rules February 17, 2023 03:05 PM IST

    Google, Twitter, Meta, Apple face tougher EU online content rules

    The new rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) label companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms and subject to obligations such as risk management and external and independent auditing. They are also required to share data with authorities and researchers and adopt a code of conduct.

  • Google, Twitter, Meta face tougher EU online content rules February 17, 2023 06:18 AM IST

    Google, Twitter, Meta face tougher EU online content rules

    The new rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) labels companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms and subject to obligations such as risk management and external and independent auditing.

  • Britain, Malta sign deal covering defence, migration February 10, 2023 04:55 PM IST

    Britain, Malta sign deal covering defence, migration

    The agreement was signed during a short visit to the island by British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who met Foreign Minister Ian Borg.

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy says a victorious Ukraine will be part of EU February 09, 2023 04:50 PM IST

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy says a victorious Ukraine will be part of EU

    "We are moving closer to the European Union. Ukraine will be a member of the European Union," he said in an address to the European Parliament in Brussels, describing his country as "a Ukraine that is winning."

  • Ukraine wins EU pledges of support, no promise of fast-track accession February 03, 2023 10:00 PM IST

    Ukraine wins EU pledges of support, no promise of fast-track accession

    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had hoped the EU would put Ukraine on a rapid road to membership.

  • Britain and EU unlikely to change Brexit deal much, despite issues: Report January 24, 2023 06:23 AM IST

    Britain and EU unlikely to change Brexit deal much, despite issues: Report

    The report from academic body UK In a Changing Europe (UKICE), published on Tuesday, said that despite a significant economic hit to Britain from leaving the bloc and falling support for Brexit among the British public, major changes in the UK-EU relationship were unlikely.

  • Euro nears nine-month peak as ECB hawks let fly January 23, 2023 06:16 AM IST

    Euro nears nine-month peak as ECB hawks let fly

    The euro crept ahead to $1.0870 and nearer its recent nine-month peak of $1.08875. A break there would open the way to a spike top from last April at $1.0936.

  • EU must seek to de-risk rather than decouple from China, says von der Leyen January 17, 2023 08:51 PM IST

    EU must seek to de-risk rather than decouple from China, says von der Leyen

    China, she said, heavily subsidises its industry and restricts access to its market for EU companies.

  • Davos 2023: EU to counter game changing U.S. climate move with own law January 17, 2023 08:50 PM IST

    Davos 2023: EU to counter game changing U.S. climate move with own law

    European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen told the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos that the moves would be part of the EU's Green Deal industrial plan to make Europe a centre for clean technology and innovation.

  • India's FTA talks with EU, UK are on track: Govt official January 16, 2023 07:47 PM IST

    India's FTA talks with EU, UK are on track: Govt official

    India has recently concluded the sixth round of talks with the UK and third round with the EU.