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Don’t burn coal, burn your ideals! Europe’s plan to rival Chinese industry

Brussels is ditching its free-market beliefs to compete with China and the US in a clean energy arms race.

March 15, 2023 8:54 pm CET

Liz Truss is gone. But Tories still dream of tax cuts on budget day

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will leave many MPs disappointed in his first annual budget statement Wednesday.

March 15, 2023 4:03 am CET

Vestager slams state aid ‘greenwashing’

The US’s Inflation Reduction Act sparks dispute over EU rules.

March 2, 2023 9:23 am CET

6 things to watch in a deal between the UK and the EU over Northern Ireland

For any deal to stick, it needs to do more than simply bridge the gap between the two sides.

February 20, 2023 4:00 am CET

France and Germany go it alone as EU summit prepares to tackle fightback against US

EU leaders will talk subsidies at summit in Brussels.

February 8, 2023 10:25 pm CET

UK’s net-zero czar warns of climate leadership ‘vacuum’

Chris Skidmore says inaction on climate change could send ‘a perfect storm’ heading for the Conservatives’ electoral coalition.

February 5, 2023 8:13 pm CET

Germany’s Scholz seeks to placate Italian concerns over EU state aid changes

German chancellor tells Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that there are ‘a lot of good things’ in EU proposal

February 3, 2023 8:42 pm CET

Europe embarks on subsidy race it can’t win

EU efforts to keep green industries inside the bloc face blowback upon arrival.

February 1, 2023 5:51 pm CET

EU faces up to US green subsidies with industrial overhaul

The bloc introduces a raft of industrial policy measures to compete with its transatlantic ally.

February 1, 2023 12:45 pm CET

Britain’s semiconductor plan goes AWOL as US and EU splash billions

The UK’s long-awaited chips strategy remains mired in Whitehall wrangling.

January 31, 2023 5:00 am CET

Macron, Rutte agree to disagree on European response to US subsidies

The two leaders don’t see eye to eye on how the bloc should hit back at US Inflation Reduction Act.

January 30, 2023 10:19 pm CET

‘Like Marx on steroids:’ EU governments slam subsidy plan

EU countries are coming out against a Brussels blueprint to expand state aid for industry to counter soaring energy prices and US competition.

January 30, 2023 7:16 pm CET
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Why battery parts are key to stopping a transatlantic trade war

Negotiators are searching for a deal on electric vehicle batteries to defuse the dispute over Joe Biden’s $369 billion green tech subsidy splurge.

January 27, 2023 6:00 am CET

Germany’s Olaf Scholz to US: Don’t discriminate against EU firms

Protectionism would ultimately harm the fight against climate change, said Scholz.

January 18, 2023 6:03 pm CET

German economic institute: US green subsidy law ain’t that bad

Criticism of the IRA is self-righteous and exaggerated, writes the German Economic Institute in a paper.

January 18, 2023 6:00 am CET

Von der Leyen’s Davos tightrope: Calm Europe, reframe US spat

The EU chief argued Europe and the US should team up against China to secure a climate friendly future.

January 17, 2023 3:02 pm CET

Von der Leyen announces Net-Zero Industry Act to compete with US subsidy spree

The EU executive will also prepare a European Sovereignty Fund as part of the mid-term review of the bloc’s long-term budget.

January 17, 2023 11:25 am CET

Vestager proposes ‘urgent’ state aid reforms to keep business in EU

Competition chief hits out at US subsidy package.

January 13, 2023 4:31 pm CET

Revealed: France’s massive ‘Made in Europe’ strategy

The EU is reeling as it debates how to respond to a recent U.S. subsidy push.

January 13, 2023 1:51 pm CET

How France delivered for the gig economy

State-owned platform Stuart was cleared in court of ‘unreported employment’ accusations, in a blow to proponents of platform worker reclassification.

January 13, 2023 6:00 am CET

Olaf Scholz still says ‘nein’ after his party hints at new EU debt

German Social Democrats are open to examining new joint EU financing instruments, but the chancellor is reluctant.

January 12, 2023 3:22 pm CET

Thierry Breton: Brussels’ bulldozer digs in against US

Internal market commissioner is storming through EU capitals and European sacred cows to rescue European industry.

January 11, 2023 6:34 pm CET
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