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Wall Street Regulator Says it Has Concerns Over European ESG Rules
Sep 11 2025 // Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday criticized two recent European laws on companies’ disclosures of their environmental, social and governance impacts, underscoring the shift in U.S. financial regulation...
Meta, TikTok Win Challenge Against EU Tech Fees, Forcing Regulators to Recalculate
Sep 10 2025 // Meta Platforms and TikTok on Wednesday won a legal challenge to the way EU regulators calculated a supervisory fee imposed on them under landmark tech rules, but will receive no money back while officials reformulate the...
EU Opens Talks on Carbon Credits to Win Deal on Key Climate Goal
Sep 10 2025 // European Union nations will discuss potential changes to the role of imported carbon credits in the next decade in a drive for a rapid deal on the bloc’s landmark 2040 climate goal. Denmark, which holds the...
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices
Sep 8 2025 // Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S....
Head of EU Parliament Trade Committee Has ‘Doubts’ About Deal With US
Sep 5 2025 // The head of the European Parliament’s trade committee said Wednesday he has “doubts” about aspects of the EU’s trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during...
European Private Credit Market to Catch Up With US, Moody’s Says
Sep 4 2025 // The European private credit market is gaining ground on the US, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings. Over the last several years, the depth of the market in Europe has lagged behind the US, mostly because of...
EU Regulator Flags Surge in Online Sales of Counterfeit Weight-Loss Drugs
Sep 4 2025 // The European Union’s medicines regulator said on Wednesday there has been a surge in illegal medicines marketed as weight-loss and diabetes medicines online in recent months across the region, and warned about a...
Google Adtech Fine on Hold as EU Awaits Lower US Car Duties, Sources Say
Sep 3 2025 // EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the...
EU Chief’s Plane Affected by Alleged Russian GPS Jamming
Sep 2 2025 // A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was disrupted by what authorities suspect was Russian signals interference in Bulgaria. Authorities in Bulgaria have determined that the GPS jamming...
France and Germany Reject Trump’s Threats on EU Tech Legislation
Aug 29 2025 // France and Germany on Friday defended Europe’s right to adopt its own legislation on technology after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized European rules on digital services, saying any U.S. coercion would be met...
EU Considers Secondary Sanctions to Hit Russia’s War Effort
Aug 28 2025 // The European Union is mulling introducing secondary sanctions in an effort to prevent third countries from helping Russia circumvent the bloc’s existing punitive measures against Moscow, according to people familiar...
Trump Tariffs Pile Pressure on Europe’s Industrial Base
Aug 27 2025 // When the Washington Commanders’ quarterback Marcus Mariota landed a last-second touchdown pass to clinch victory against the Dallas Cowboys in January, it’s unlikely devastated Cowboys fans were thinking about...
EU Auto Groups Press for Change to ‘No Longer Feasible’ Car CO2 Emission Targets
Aug 27 2025 // European Union targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers’ and automotive suppliers’...
Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Officials Implementing EU Tech Law
Aug 26 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar...
Australia Has Banned 3 ‘Forever Chemicals’ – but Europe Wants to Ban all 14,000
Aug 25 2025 // Last month, Australia’s ban on the import, use and manufacture of three types of “forever chemical” came into effect. These chemicals – PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS – have long lifespans and resist breaking...
FTC Chair Warns Tech Firms Not to Weaken Data Privacy to Comply With EU, UK Laws
Aug 25 2025 // The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple, Alphabet, and other technology companies that efforts to comply with British and European digital content laws could violate U.S. law if they weaken privacy...
Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts
Aug 22 2025 // Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat, wind and storms across Europe next week. Erin, which churned through the Atlantic 330...
People Moves: QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims; Underwriting Agency Doe and Emuss Names Watmough as Professional Liability U/W
Aug 21 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE European Operations and London-based underwriting agency Doe and Emuss. QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims Commercial insurer QBE has...
Europe’s Wildfires Have Burned the Most Land in Nearly 20 Years
Aug 19 2025 // Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most destructive wildfire season in nearly two decades. Blazes have scorched about 8,948 square kilometers...
Banking’s Ailing Climate Coalition Loses Ground in Europe
Aug 15 2025 // Inside the world’s largest climate coalition for banks, there’s speculation that an exodus led by Wall Street could be about to spread to the European Union. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, an organization...
