European Union

EU’s AI Act has a global reach, but leaves European innovation behind

2026-08-06T23:00:00.000Z
Singapore and Vietnam were President Salvador Illa's first ports of call in his week-long trip to South-east Asia – a first for a Catalan leader.

Catalonia president eyes Asean investors for infrastructure, healthcare, green tech

2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
A Bank of Italy paper estimated that domestic factors, such as weak consumption and overcapacity, have driven about 75 per cent of Chinese export growth.

China draws ‘red lines’ around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks

2026-08-02T22:41:01.000Z
The latest tariff campaign follows a chaotic year and a half in which the US administration’s original “Liberation Day” tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court in February 2026.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Can Washington treat its allies like adversaries – and still keep them?

2026-07-27T03:41:18.000Z
The deal is also the target of a lawsuit by the Writers Guild of America, which said it would jeopardise writers’ livelihoods and threaten the health of US entertainment.

Paramount secures EU nod for US$110 billion Warner Bros deal, but US hurdles remain

2026-07-23T01:21:57.000Z
President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde (left) with the EU’s financial services commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Europe seeking ‘balance’ in review of capital rule ditched by US

2026-07-20T11:16:54.000Z
Euro adoption has drifted in and out of Hungarian policy debates for years, without ever becoming a serious governing objective. 

Hungary’s real economic test

2026-07-19T22:30:00.000Z
Calvin Cheng, founder and chairman of regulated digital asset infrastructure provider Paymonade, notes that the era of lightly regulated crypto is ending.

Singapore-founded Paymonade secures licence to offer crypto-asset services across EEA

2026-07-16T13:43:54.000Z
Christine Lagarde had said last week it was possible that she would leave the ECB early to weigh in on French politics.

ECB’s Lagarde says she is not a French presidential candidate but will advocate for EU

2026-07-09T22:15:12.000Z
Today, roughly 80% of the European Union’s digital technologies are imported, primarily from the United States.

The missing ingredient for European tech sovereignty

2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z