The European tax that could alter global trade flows

The European tax that could alter global trade flows

Europe’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism,which will tax the carbon intensity of imports,went live on Sunday.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Pro-Russia,Trumpist ex-PM wins Slovakia poll in fresh worry for Ukraine alliance

Pro-Russia,Trumpist ex-PM wins Slovakia poll in fresh worry for Ukraine alliance

Robert Fico’s victory could bring another anti-Ukraine voice into the EU alongside Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban.

  • byRob Harris
Migrants doubled the Lampedusa population in one day. Now Italy is striking back

Migrants doubled the Lampedusa population in one day. Now Italy is striking back

“We will decide who comes to the European Union,and under what circumstances,” the European Commission’s president has declared.

  • byNicole Winfield,Lorne Cook andAngela Charlton
How China sparked chaos in the world of cars

How China sparked chaos in the world of cars

A move by China more than a decade ago has led to one of the most transformative developments in the history of the auto industry,and threatens the survival of some household names.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Meloni vows to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deal with a migrant surge in Italy

Meloni vows to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deal with a migrant surge in Italy

The PM’s pledge comes a week after more than 6000 people from Tunisia arrived within a day on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

  • byNicole Winfield
EU accuses China of flooding electric vehicle market,promises to fight back

EU accuses China of flooding electric vehicle market,promises to fight back

The EU chief said China was flooding the market with cheap electric vehicles which was distorting Europe’s market.

  • byLatika Bourke
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It’s not the end of globalisation (yet),but world trade is splintering
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It’s not the end of globalisation (yet),but world trade is splintering

In future,the strongest growth in global trade may be between blocs of aligned economies rather than free-flowing trade around the world. That’s a threatening prospect for China,and Australia.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Nothing less than historic’:At G20,Europe,Middle East,US to launch rival to China’s Belt and Road

‘Nothing less than historic’:At G20,Europe,Middle East,US to launch rival to China’s Belt and Road

The details of the proposed rail route remain thin but EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed the connection would make trade between India and Europe 40 per cent faster.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andMatthew Knott
EU poster boy held in Iran prison on ‘spying’ charges

EU poster boy held in Iran prison on ‘spying’ charges

For more than a year,Johan Floderus appeared in adverts to entice Swedes to apply for the bloc’s civil service. His jailing was kept a closely guarded secret.

  • byJames Crisp
Trade talks between EU and Australia resume on high note
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Trade talks between EU and Australia resume on high note

The sides met on Thursday and made their expectations clear.

  • byLatika Bourke
Christopher Pyne promises a shoey to NSW Labor MPs

Christopher Pyne promises a shoey to NSW Labor MPs

The former defence minister turned lobbyist was at his entertaining best at a Macquarie Street drinks for Labor members.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andLiam Mannix