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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on the European Union, covering Brexit, the euro and the trading bloc's relationship with China and the United States.

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  • In Geneva, China’s WTO ambassador, Li Chenggang, condemns a raft of EU policies intended to address Europe’s long-standing trade grievances with Beijing
  • No measure mentions China directly, but they have been built to address Chinese policies that WTO rules are ill-equipped to handle, EU officials admit
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Citizens in the capital Warsaw voiced their anger at officials who they say have eroded democratic norms and created fears that the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy.

Turkey’s President Erdogan has so far blocked Sweden’s Nato membership, accusing Stockholm of being a haven for Kurdish activists considered ‘terrorists’ by Turkey.

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Sustaining both nations’ support for Ukraine in its war against Russia will feature heavily when the leaders meet at the White House on Thursday, according to Sunak’s spokesman.

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‘We promise to work with all our power to protect the Turkish Republic’s glory, boost its reputation in the world,’ Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at his presidential palace in Ankara.

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10 countries are potential candidates, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and, most controversially, Turkey, but changes would be ‘a shock’, Europe Minister says.

EU subsidies encouraging the use of rendered fats for road and air travel have doubled demand for animal-fat biodiesel over a decade, driving up prices for other fats and creating environmental fallout.

About 45 European leaders met in Moldova at a venue only 20km from the border with war-torn Ukraine, welcomed by President Maia Sandu who dubbed the summit, ‘a clear expression of our unity, strength and determination to act together as a single family’.

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Joint statement at end of Trade and Technology Council meeting dilutes stronger US language on China’s rivalry, but says a draft ‘code of conduct’ for AI will be produced within weeks.

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Special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui wraps up 12-day tour to Russia, Ukraine and four other countries on mission that is unlikely to bring breakthrough deal but succeeds in sharing Beijing’s peace plan with European officials, observers say.

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According to Italian police, after receiving the cash, the Chinese money brokers forwarded it to trading companies in mainland China and Hong Kong. The companies then delivered the money to drug brokers and South American cartels.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity after winning a historic runoff election that extended his transformative but divisive rule until 2028.

Ukraine’s military intelligence has said that Russian forces would strike the Zaporizhzhia plant and then report a radioactive leak, with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.

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The major tech platform was the only company that didn’t send a complete report to the EU, an agreement made before it was taken over by Elon Musk.

China should set a clear timetable to expand the scope and robustness of its carbon trading market, as its progress has been disappointing, expert says.

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Food, energy, other key products disrupted by pandemic and war in Ukraine; leaders want to avoid such disruptions, and help counter China’s influence.

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