The European Union is accelerating free trade talks with Asia following hefty tariffs by US President Donald Trump, the bloc’s trade chief said Wednesday.
Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
The EU’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods worth 21 billion euros will be on hold until July 14, Brussels said on Monday, to give time for negotiations with Washington.
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Euro zone economic growth could fall much more from the impact of US trade tariffs than initially estimated by the European Central Bank and the turmoil could also drag inflation down in the near term, four sources told Reuters.
As President Donald Trump launches his tariff war against both friends and foes of the United States, concerns are once again surfacing about the US dollar’s future as the global reserve currency.
The European Union will impose counter tariffs on 26 billion euros ($28 billion) worth of US goods from next month, the European Commission said on Wednesday, ramping up a global trade war in response to blanket US tariffs on steel and aluminium.
It was another roller-coaster week in US President Donald Trump’s trade war as tariffs against China came into force while Mexico and Canada were given a temporary reprieve.
Global wealth, as measured in personal holdings of assets from real estate to stocks and shares, is projected to rise 38 percent by 2027, driven largely by emerging markets, a study published by Credit Suisse and UBS showed on Tuesday.
In Russia, what Vladimir Putin wants, Vladimir Putin gets. So, it’s no surprise that a day after prodding by a Kremlin official, the central bank announced an emergency rate increase of 350 basis points to 12 percent. The move was designed to halt a plunge in the rouble, but the currency hardly moved. That leaves the president with tougher choices ahead.
President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser rebuked the central bank on Monday as the rouble slid past 101 per US dollar, blaming its 30 percent year-to-date slump on loose monetary policy and revealing growing discord among Russia’s monetary authorities.
British employers expect to raise pay by 5 percent over the coming year and are increasingly making counteroffers to keep staff who are tempted by higher wages from rival firms, according to a survey which added to signs of inflationary heat in the job market.
Britain’s economy expanded slightly over the second quarter thanks to strong output in June and despite inflation remaining high, official data showed Friday.
The International Energy Agency said Friday it had revised upwards its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2023 as demand is “scaling record highs”.
Oil hit new peaks on Wednesday with Brent crude touching the highest since April as tighter supply owing to Saudi and Russian output cuts offset concerns over slow demand from China and a report showing rising U.S. crude inventories.
British food price inflation is likely to fall to around 10 percent later this year but will need to drop further for overall consumer price inflation (CPI) to return to its 2 percent target, Bank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Monday.
German inflation eased in July, the federal statistics office said on Tuesday, confirming preliminary data.
German industrial output plunged in June, official data showed Monday, with the economy ministry warning of a gloomy outlook as high energy prices and interest rates took their toll.
