new video loaded: United States and European Union Impose Sanctions on Russia transcript Back transcript United States and European Union Impose Sanctions on Russia President Trump announced sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft, Russia’s two largest oil companies, while restrictions by the European Union included a ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas. “They’re massive…
The use of economic tools to serve national interests is hardly new. But in the 21st century, such instruments – ranging from unlawful economic coercion to lawful but harmful trade remedies – have become central to the strategic competition between the United States and China. Because the two countries are highly economically interdependent, the weaponisation…
Earlier this week, the European Union disclosed plans that it could force Chinese firms to hand over technology and intellectual property to European companies if they want to operate locally. That is ironic as it seems only yesterday that Westerners were accusing China of forced tech transfer and violating intellectual property rights. The latest push…
Lawmakers from Brussels and Beijing clashed on Russia and Taiwan, during their first official talks for seven years in the Belgian capital on Thursday. EU lawmakers and other people present said delegates from the National People’s Congress (NPC) echoed Russian narratives on the cause of the three-year war in Ukraine, as they visited the European…
Workers assemble an Volkswagen’s ID.3 GTX FIRE+ICE electric car on a production line at the Volkswagen electric car factory on October 13, 2025 in Zwickau, Germany. Jens Schlueter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Automotive industry groups have raised the alarm over the ramifications of China’s latest move to restrict critical rare earth exports,…
Everywhere they look these days, Europe’s politicians see chaos. The United States is helping to trash the global order it built in its image. China is pulling the rug from under efforts to upgrade European industry by weaponising its monopoly on critical minerals. Russia is waging a hot war at the European Union’s borders, with…
Summary The Dutch government has taken control of the chipmaker Nexperia, marking a new escalation in the ongoing technology tensions between Western countries and China. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague, the decision was based on “serious governance shortcomings” and “recent and acute signals” within Nexperia that “posed a threat to…
New Delhi: This September was the third-warmest September globally, with an average surface air temperature of 16.11 degrees C, 0.66 degree C above the 1991-2020 average for September, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the EU monitor, said on Thursday. Tourists walk in the hot sun on a sidewalk near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan….
The European Commission has unveiled sweeping measures to shield the EU’s struggling steel industry from a flood of overcapacity that it says is emanating from China, slashing tariff-free quotas by nearly half and doubling duties on excess shipments to 50 per cent. To take effect, the plan must be approved by the European Parliament and…
Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is scheduled to visit Italy and Switzerland from Tuesday until October 12, China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. Wang would attend the 12th joint meeting of the China-Italy government committee and the fourth round of the China-Switzerland strategic dialogue held between foreign ministers, the ministry said in a statement. His…