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China
Xi challenges a divided Europe
After the May 5-9 visit of President Xi Jinping to Europe most of the political analysts in Brussels who argued that the Chinese President's...
Environment
Uzbekistan to mobilize investment in environmental protection, sustainable development
NE Global sat down for an interview, in the Uzbek capital, during the 3rd Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) with Aziz Abdukhakimov, Uzbekistan's Minister of Ecology,...
Russia Sanctions
New wave of U.S. sanctions target Russia’s foreign suppliers and industrial base
On May 1, the U.S. Department of State together with the U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a wide-ranging new list of anti-Russia sanctions covering an...
Democracy & Human Rights
G7 Italy 2024 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Addressing Global Challenges, Fostering Partnerships
The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the...
Armenia
Russia’s powerful economic levers over Armenia
Armenia's relations with its strategic partner Russia are getting worse and worse and its leaders seem to desire a shift in geopolitical orientation towards the West....
Trade
Economy Minister says Kazakhstan to expand investment and diversify trade with Europe
Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy, Alibek Kuantyrov, spoke to NE Global in an exclusive interview about his country's relations with Europe, Astana's economic partners,...
Economy & Business
New US actions against corruption and Russian malign influence in the Western Balkans
On November 16, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, known by its acronym OFAC, designated eight individuals and six...
Energy
Turkey’s role in the EU’s energy transition
The European Union is facing a unique opportunity in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical tensions, economic turbulences and the urgency of addressing climate...
China
Central Asian leaders travel to China to pay homage to Xi’s BRI vision
China’s leader Xi Jinping threw a 10th anniversary bash for the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), his $1-trillion plan to leverage Beijing’s financial resources...
Economy & Business
Central Asia’s leaders get into specifics on trade-boosting initiatives
In the collective daydreams of Central Asian presidents, there is no end to the possibilities for regional integration.The ideas came thick and fast at...
Global Energy Insider
Mongolia to expand its economic and trade partnerships
Mongolia, the landlocked mineral-rich country bordered by Russia and China - the world's two preeminent authoritarian-run nations, is looking to expand its economic, trade,...
Africa
Africa’s porous borders promote transnational crimes rather than deeper integration
For positive continental regimes to succeed, there must be both conscious and concerted efforts, as well as political will, from all states to help eliminate transnational crimes while fostering integration across the whole of Africa through trade.
Newsletter
A plea to strengthen the Single Market
Unprecedented geopolitical disturbances call for a more united European Union, not for more trade barriers that would ultimately harm the EU's economy and its citizens.
Economy & Business
Free Trade: The magic potion against economic decline
Despite rising internal and external nationalistic pressure, leaders on both sides of the Atlantic should remember that in a time of increasing hostilities from bad actors, retaliatory protectionism toward our allies will do nothing but ensure mutual decline.
Croatia
Croatia advances to the EU mainstream
Croatia took a decisive step January 1 towards the mainstream of the European project by adopting the Euro as its currency while at the...
Economy & Business
Commission to launch proposal for revision of tobacco excise directive by Oct. ’22
The European Commission announced that the proposal for the revised tobacco excise directive will be made public at the beginning of 2022's fourth quarter...
China
How China took over the WTO behind the West’s back
Last year marked the 20th anniversary of China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, a result that followed 15 arduous years of negotiations. Many...
Interviews
Italy’s Foreign Affairs Undersecretary discusses the importance of strengthening ties with Uzbekistan
Amid new efforts by Uzbekistan to build ties with the EU, New Europe spoke with Manlio Di Stefano, Italy's Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, about...
Afghanistan
Will Central Asia serve as Europe’s bridge to Afghanistan?
Just over one month on from the fall of Kabul, Europe is still grasping for answers to the question of how to engage in...
Archive
Check the Czechs
With the Czech Republic having the dubious honor of hosting the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the West versus Vladimir Putin's Russia...
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan’s key priorities for the comprehensive development of transport corridors in Central Asia
Over the past 4 years, Uzbekistan under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been carrying out systemic reforms aimed at liberalizing and modernizing...
Afghanistan
With GSP+ beneficiary status, Uzbekistan takes major step towards closer relations with Europe
A decision by the European Union to include Uzbekistan as the ninth beneficiary of its Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance,...
Germany
The EU and US must steel themselves for a tariff suspension
There is a famous line that if it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it doesn't move, subsidize it. While this...
Archive
EU offers Turkey deeper ties but threatens sanctions over East Med drilling
On March 25, EU leaders held a discussion via video conference on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and on the European Union’s relations...
Archive
US, EU temporarily end some tariffs
The US and EU have agreed to a four month suspension of some tariffs that each had previously imposed on one another as punishment...
Analysis
The need for Indo-EU cooperation to expand security in a new multilateral, geo-political situation
India is one of the world’s largest economies, in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity. The country is the fastest-growing large economy,...
Archive
British PM says EU ‘undermined’ Northern Ireland Protocol
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the European Union undermined the Northern Ireland Protocol by triggering an emerging provision in the Brexit Protocol in...
Albania
The EU-China investment agreement is a disaster for the West
The EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement that was announced in December 2020 at joint virtual press conference between Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Xi...
Archive
Michel Barnier appointed as Brexit special adviser to von der Leyen
Former EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been appointed as Ursula von der Leyen's special adviser on the implementation of the EU-UK Withdrawal...
Albania
Trump Administration’s controversial Kosovo gambit accelerates
While not unexpected, the Trump Administration has moved faster than many observers anticipated to restart its ongoing diplomatic initiative to resolve a significant piece...
Archive
Fake pharmaceuticals trade worth €4 billion, study says
The trade of counterfeit pharmaceuticals worldwide is estimated to be worth up to €4 billion, with India and China identified to be the largest...
Archive
Coronavirus economic impact will be worse than 2008, WTO says
The economic downturn and job losses resulting resulting from the coronavirus pandemic is expected to be worse than the global financial crisis of 2008,...
Asia & Pacific
Locked down, without answers
Most European governments are turning to increasingly harsh lockdowns to confront the coronavirus pandemic. They did so in the wake of watching Italy’s attempt...
Archive
EU-UK exchange draft legal texts on future relationship
Michel Barnier, EU's chief Brexit negotiator and his counterpart, British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost, exchanged on Wednesday evening draft legal texts on...
Archive
Brexit talks on hold amid coronavirus outbreak
European Union and United Kingdom officials cancelled on Tuesday the second round of talks aimed at agreeing a trade deal, because of coronavirus concerns.
Both...
Archive
G7 pledge to do 'whatever it takes' to safeguard world economy
Officials from the G7 countries pledged to join forces to address the damage of the coronavirus pandemic, which they called "a human tragedy”.
Earlier this...
Archive
Stock market plunges to historic lows
Global stocks fell sharply yesterday after the banks’ attempts to support economic growth failed to dispel investors’ fears over the coronavirus impact on the...
Archive
European Central Bank ready for further stimulus
The European Central Bank will intervene in government bond markets if needed, Austrian central bank chief Robert Holzmann said today.
The announcement comes as the...
Archive
Global arms trade on the rise
In the last five years, the international transfer of major arms followed an increasing trend that was noted in a recently published report by...
Archive
EU, UK cancel face-to-face trade talks because of coronavirus
European Union negotiators cancelled next week’s visit to London for a second round of post-Brexit trade talks with the UK due to coronavirus concerns.
The...
Archive
EU's trade chief sees opportunity for "mini-deal" with the US
The European Union's Trade Chief Phil Hogan has said he is optimistic about coming to an agreement with the US on a “mini deal”...
Archive
Stock market plummets amid coronavirus fears
In just a few days, coronavirus cases have risen rapidly across the world, despite the World Health Organization saying the spread has slowed in...
Archive
Macron unsure of EU-UK deal by end of year
French president Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UK-EU trade deal will be signed by the end of the post-Brexit transition...
Africa
Pompeo concludes Africa trip with a challenge to Chinese economic influence
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo capped his three-country visit to Africa where he pitched strengthening economic relations with the United States as the...
Archive
Spain moves forward with new digital tax on tech giants despite US warning
Spain’s government approved the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions. The move has angered United States’ authorities and brought...
Archive
Britain tells EU that Supervision is ‘not acceptable’ in post-Brexit deal
The UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost said during a visit to Brussels that the EU has totally missed the point of Britain's decision...
Archive
MEPs approve EU-Vietnam trade deal, despite human rights concerns
The European Parliament backed on Wednesday an EU trade deal with Vietnam which aims to eliminate almost all tariffs over the next ten years,...
Archive
Brussels chief Brexit negotiator slams UK PM for backlashing on EU rules
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator heavily criticised UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for saying that he will not follow "high-alignment" EU rules...
Archive
Trump ready to negotiate 'very seriously' with EU on trade
US president Donald Trump said the time has come to pursue trade negotiations with the European Union.
“Europe has been treating us very badly”, Trump...
Archive
Coronavirus threatens EU-China investment deal
The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has warned that striking an EU-China investment deal in 2020 is under threat because of the coronavirus...
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