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Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how.

The G7 leaders also hardened their tone against Beijing over its support of Russia and called on China to “cease the transfer of dual-use materials.”

Beijing has threatened to retaliate against European aviation, farmers and spirits makers if Brussels targets its electric vehicle makers with punitive tariffs.

Brussels is expected to inform Chinese carmakers of new duties on electric vehicles only after Sunday’s election.

Even if they aren’t yet, things could soon get nastier as Brussels’ investigation into Chinese electric vehicles nears its conclusion.

The die was already cast when Ursula von der Leyen announced an EU probe into market-distorting subsidies for Chinese electric vehicles last fall.

Brussels insists on its own evidence-based methods, but risks ending up looking weak as a result.

Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French president’s dinner with China’s Xi Jinping may not be much fun. 

Brussels could impose tariffs “before the summer break,” trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis hints.

The Nordic nation still has a long way to go to leave behind its history as Europe’s biggest oil and gas explorer.

As elections near, industry bosses argue the EU needs to create the right conditions to build a competitive green economy.

From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.

The international economy is like “a big ocean that cannot be cut into isolated lakes,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says at Munich Security Conference.

U.K. opposition party’s pledge to spend £28 billion a year on a cleaner economy ditched after months of dithering.

Fewer steaks, a carbon Nutri-Score on food labels, bikeshares galore, and incentives to downsize once your kids move out.

The draft manifesto puts a heavy emphasis on border control, security and protecting Europe’s ‘Christian values.’

Supply chains hampered by Iran-backed rebels attacking ships, EV giant says.

As the island heads to the polls, tech executives are watching the results closely.

Good mining jobs with good benefits can counterintuitively hurt access to care.

Union bosses tackling Tesla want EU to get tough on the world’s richest man.

Delivery of the plates is being blocked by industrial action by postal workers.

Price spikes driven by the war in Ukraine are helping fill the petroleum giants’ coffers, despite governments’ promises of a greener era.