The European Parliament has cleared the final hurdle to lowering tariffs on US agricultural and industrial products, a key step towards implementing the trade pact between Washington and Brussels agreed last summer. The deal was approved during a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, with 440 votes in favour, 151 against and 50 abstentions. The…
The agreement was reached during a visit to Mekorot’s “Yarkon Redemption” facility in central Israel, where the Somaliland delegation was introduced to Israeli technologies related to water desalination, wastewater treatment, and water recycling for agriculture. Cohen said the two sides had agreed to advance cooperation, “We agreed to promote cooperation between our countries in the…
You’re reading Rapporteur on Wednesday 17 June. This is Eddy Wax in Brussels, with Nicoletta Ionta. Need-to-knows: 🟢 Kaja Kallas ally fires back at critics🟢 EU-China tensions hit boiling point🟢 Will Starmer make it to the EU-UK summit? On the Strasbourg roundabout: ECR keeps growing Today’s edition is powered by Fediol Vote YES, support NGTs…
– Amnesty’s Julia Duchrow says Berlin’s “dialogue-first” stance is failing, isolating Berlin Pressure is mounting on Germany to abandon its opposition to an EU initiative that would partially suspend the bloc’s trade agreement with Israel. European foreign ministers are expected to revisit the contentious issue early this week, ahead of a summit of EU heads…
This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on June 15, 2026 – June 21, 2026 We are in crisis mode, and Malaysians must bite the bullet. That was the central message of my previous article (Issue 1623, April 20) on the Middle East crisis and the Israeli-led US-Iran war that erupted on…
Israel’s economy shrank at an annualized rate of 3.8% in the first quarter of 2026, following a downwardly revised 2.9% growth in Q4 2025, according to secondary estimates. The quarter’s results were significantly affected by the “Harry’s Roar” war, which disrupted economic activity and weighed on domestic demand. Private consumption declined 5.0%, while public consumption…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. Azerbaijan strengthens the role of transport-logistics hub and develops green energy, Advisor to the Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, Huseyn Huseynov, said at the 14th Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Private Sector Forum in Baku, Trend‘s correspondent reports from the event. According to Huseynov, the geographical position of Azerbaijan at the…
Show Fullscreen As the Gulf crisis eases into a fragile stalemate, it might be considered a mark of progress that the EU Commission is once again examining the issue of fresh produce from illegal settlements in the West Bank being mislabelled as ‘Product of Israel’ on European retail shelves. Businesses throughout the fresh produce supply…
Kaja Kallas has again been rebuffed by her colleagues at the European Commission after calling for new measures to prevent trade with illegal Israeli settlements. In a humiliation for Kallas, who is both the EU foreign affairs chief and a vice-president of the Commission, officials ruled out new restrictive trade measures, which have the support…
Tensions have continued in French-Israeli relations, with France recognising Palestinian statehood last year and two far-right Israeli ministers recently being banned from entering the country. The stands at the Eurosatory arms and security trade show were “closed due to non-compliance with participation conditions set by the French authorities,” the organiser, Coges Events, said in a statement to French…
