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UK chief Brexit negotiator 'disappointed' by EU summit conclusions

David Frost said he was "disappointed" and "surprised" that the conclusions at a summit of European Union said that the regional bloc is no longer committed to working "intensively"

Brexit trade talks: Both EU and UK demand concession from each other

The EU leaders meeting in a summit on the day British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had set as a potential cutoff point for the acrimonious negotiations

EU sanctions six Putin allies over the poisoning of critic Navalny

The 27-nation bloc also froze the assets of one Russian entity: the State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology

Donald Trump threatens to 'strike back' if EU imposes tariffs over Boeing

"If they strike back, then we'll strike back harder than they'll strike. They don't want to do it," Trump told reporters at the White House

EU to Britain: Fair trade deal worth every effort but stand ready to fail

Britain left the EU in January and the estranged allies have since been locked in complex negotiations to try and keep trading without tariffs or quotas from 2021

UK PM Johnson expresses "desirability" for trade deal with European Union

Ahead of a European Union summit, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed the "desirability" of a new trade deal with the bloc, but also his disappointment that more progress had not been made

EU and Britain to keep talking past Boris Johnson's Brexit deadline

A source close to the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Frost would say agreement was difficult but not impossible if both sides work intensively in the coming weeks

EU antitrust regulators may narrow Amazon probe to speed up case: Report

However, the EU's competition enforcer is now considering splitting the two issues to focus on one, making it easier to move forward with the case, one of the people told Reuters

EU wins right to impose tariffs on $4 bn of US goods in Boeing case

The WTO tariff award, which confirms a decision first reported on Sept 30, threatens to intensify transatlantic trade tensions just three weeks ahead of the US presidential election

European Union should retaliate in Airbus-Boeing dispute: French govt

The ruling is the latest twist in a more than 15-year dispute that has already seen Washington put border duties on EU imports.

EU wins approval to target $4 billion US imports over Boeing subsidies

Both the United States and the EU have signalled interest in settling the dispute over subsidies each provided to their respective plane makers, Boeing and Airbus

Norway to provide Covid-19 vaccine free of cost as part of health programme

Sweden, an EU member and Norway's neighbour, will buy more of the vaccines than it needs and then sell them on to Norway.

EU agrees to impose sanctions on Russia officials over Navalny attack

Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator and major political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on August 20 during a domestic flight in Russia

UK urges businesses to prepare for end of Brexit transition period

The business ministry argues that most of what businesses need to do is the same regardless of the outcome of the negotiations and has planned a series of sector specific webinars in October

European Union sees progress in Brexit trade talks with United Kingdom

Michel acknowledged time was running out on a potential agreement that could save hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the English Channel.

Covid and no-deal Brexit could cost UK $174 billion a year: Baker McKenzie

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set Oct. 15 as a deadline for clinching a post-Brexit trade deal which would kick in when the United Kingdom leaves informal EU membership at the end of this year

EU health regulator reviewing Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in real time

The announcement by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could speed up the process of approving a successful vaccine in the bloc

Spies can snoop on phone data in a crisis: European Union's top court

Privacy rights advocacy groups brought the case and the outcome is likely to reverberate outside the EU as governments in the United States and China have ramped up surveillance tools

Covid-19: S&P Global sees US, European corporate default rates doubling

LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 shock will double company default rates across the United States and Europe over the next 9 months, ratings agency S&P Global said on Tuesday, although it noted that the record downgrade pace of recent months was now slowing.

UK, EU to work intensively to bridge gaps in fisheries, level playing field

Britain and EU will work intensively to bridge gaps in fisheries, the level playing field, and governance in order to reach a post-Brexit trade deal, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Saturday