EU-Switzerland relations under pressure
A political dispute between the European Union and Switzerland threatens to disrupt their economic relations. On June 24, the Swiss government said it was ready to ban EU stock exchanges […]
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Euro commission tries a new way in the money laundering wars
The battle against money laundering, judging by the recent goings on in Europe, is clearly a political one, where clearly powerful vested interests, with strong ties to political establishments have […]
Apple and Google’s Nemesis Could Be the Next Face of Europe
She has forced Apple to repay $17 billion in taxes and fined Google over $9 billion for antitrust violations. And if the results at this week’s elections in Europe pan […]
The gap widens, also in EU
Although the gap between rich and poor has widened in the European Union over the past decades, the bloc is a world leader in fighting inequality, experts say. The internationally […]
What’s Germany worth without the automotive industry?
After a dramatic slump in 2018, the business climate has tended to stabilise in Germany over the last few months, which suggests that the bad news (slowing global growth, geopolitical […]
EU has to solve tax evasion
On Tuesday (26 March), the European Parliament largely backed a detailed report on financial crimes and tax avoidance in the EU. The text set a clear roadmap to tackle those […]
Brexit: UK sets tariff-free in caso of no-deal
Tariffs will be cut to zero on 87% of imports to the UK as part of a temporary no-deal plan but prices of some imports including meat, shoes, underpants and […]
EU-Japan deal enters in force for the biggest trade zone in the world
Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan come into effect on February 1, 2019: the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement. The economic agreement is the […]