US elections 2016. Trump tower in Istanbul (Turkey) As the US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the oath and move into the White House on a wave of anti-globalization and protectionist rhetoric paradoxically accompanied by a call to fight...
Read moreZuckerberg en Lima. Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder. "La conectividad debe ser una de las prioridades de todos los líderes del mundo porque permitirá luchar contra la desigualdad social", afirmó este sábado el creador de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, en conferencia magistral...
Read moreEuropean Union to chair the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds in 2018
Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds. Africa. The Kimberley Process, KP, the International initiative to stem the trade in conflict diamonds, has appointed the European Union as its Chair for 2018. As well, the EU will serve as Vice-Chair in 2017, during...
Read moreCanadian journalists tour EU institutions
Young Canadian journalists tour EU institutions. Credits: EU Three young Canadian journalists had the opportunity to tour EU institutions in Brussels. Exceptionally this year, they also attended a Plenary Session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
Read moreApple's head office exists only on paper, says the Commission
It has no employees, no premises and no activities but it allows Apple to pay less than €500 per €1 million tax on its EU profits. Commission's ruling hits the core of the international offshore industry. Silicon Valley firms have also called on the Dutch...
Read more13th Summit EU India in Brussels
Modi, Tusk and Juncker. EU India Summit. Credits EU Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, participated in the 13th Summit EU India which took...
Read moreNo major obstacles found to the use of euros in international trade
Euro currency haven A total of 67% of surveyed European companies use exclusively the euro for export invoicing Study shows that there are no systemic barriers to using the euro in international trade. However, for historic reasons some sectors, such...
Read moreRussia additional restrictive measures on Ukraine agricultural export
Liubov Nepop, Acting Head of Ukraine's Mission to the EU. Credits: UMEU. Liubov Nepop, Acting Head of Ukraine's Mission to the EU informed about the outcome of the trilateral talks on the EU-Ukraine DCFTA (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area) entering...
Read moreRussians offered us to join restrictions on trade already introduced by Russia, including those against the European Union
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin Cecilia Malmström, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, Péter Balás, Head of the Support Group for Ukraine and Alexey Ulyukaev, Russian Minister for Economic Development. Credits: EC. Trilateral Talks on the Implementation...
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