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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: Carmakers have made demands to Brussels in a doc seen by FT to ease the combustion engine ban including giving extra credits for sales of small cars and including carbon neutral fuels...

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Carmakers push EU to ease 2035 petrol car ban ahead of review

Industry body says policy is based ‘on outdated premises and optimistic assumptions’

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 6h

The US has come back to the EU with even more demands that it water down its green rules, particularly targetting the landmark due diligence law and sustainability reporting rules.

www.ft.com/content/678f... with @henryjfoy.ft.com @andybounds.bsky.social

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 2d

Clothes exports from China to the EU have jumped 20% in value and volume this year, prompting accusations that EU politicians are still not looking after its industry.

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China reroutes clothes exports to Europe after US tariffs upset trade

European textiles industry body says Chinese companies are selling in ‘aggressive’ way

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 7d

💥 Russia’s hybrid war “only the beginning,” 🇩🇰 PM Frederiksen warns, calling on Nato to step up to deter Moscow.

As EU leaders arrive for talks in Copenhagen, she tells @richardmilne.ft.com & I: “We need all Europeans to understand what is at stake… the idea is to divide us”

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Russia’s hybrid war is ‘only the beginning’, warns Danish PM

[FREE TO READ] Mette Frederiksen says Nato needs to adjust its response to Russian provocations

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 7d

European Parliament is too complex for the EU's simplification drive, member states say.

And...Parliament negotiators failed to reach a deal on the first tranche of simplification efforts last night.

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EU simplification drive gets tangled in its own red tape

European parliament objects to ‘omnibus’ bills bypassing its procedures

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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 9d

Europe’s bill for extreme weather damage more than doubles this decade—“Nature is really facing degradation, over exploitation and biodiversity loss and of course at the same time… www.ft.com/content/b119... @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Europe’s bill for extreme weather damage more than doubles this decade

Average economic losses associated with weather including intense floods have soared, according to European agency

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 10d

Prove your rules don’t target US tech or fix them, Trump’s ambassador to Brussels warns EU

“Obviously, if we’re going to have a good relationship going forward, you can’t have legislation that punishes... your ally,” Andrew Puzder tells @financialtimes.com

w @bmoens.bsky.social

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Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them

[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 13d

Severe Conflict of Interest Alert:

@alicemhancock.bsky.social exposes Danish firm Ramboll's conflicted work on #PFAS - the firm is employed by both the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA-the EU chemical regulator) and by producers of PFAS products impacted by #ECHA regulations. 1/5

EU hired advisers on ‘forever chemicals’ who worked for manufacturers

Ramboll consultancy advised both the bloc’s regulator on PFAS and the chemical makers

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 14d

The EU’s chemical agency hired a consultancy to advise on a ban on forever chemicals that has also advised companies lobbying against that ban.

Campaigners and scientists argue that it’s a clear conflict of interest at the heart of the EU’s efforts to clean up the continent.

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EU hired advisers on ‘forever chemicals’ who worked for manufacturers

[FREE TO READ] Ramboll consultancy advised both the bloc’s regulator on PFAS and the chemical makers

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 15d

The EU is considering once again delay its landmark deforestation law, under pressure particularly from the US:

www.ft.com/content/ab40... @andybounds.bsky.social & I

EU weighs delaying ban on imports linked to deforestation

Trading partners, including the US, and member states are pressuring Brussels to postpone climate law for a second time

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 27d

France could make or break the EU’s climate ambitions for 2040. Here’s why:

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https://www.ft.com/content/fc4d4b0a-315a-44c5-af71-811528732280

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Paola Tamma @paolatamma.bsky.social · 28d

One year on, implementation of Mario Draghi's recipe for Europe's economic renaissance is shy and partial, as EU headspace has been preoccupied with crisis mode, analysis found. @alicemhancock.bsky.social @bmoens.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4423...

Europe slow-walks Draghi plan as global rivals surge

A year after former Italian PM’s report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · 29d

Brussels is a town of lanyard wearers. But what to do with them once they're used?

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The ‘lanyard class’ of Brussels

It’s a sign of the times that something once used to keep knives secure now carries an official name card

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European Steel @eurofer-eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Rather than blanket tariffs like the 🇺🇸, Europe needs a highly effective, capacity-related EU steel trade measure to keep the EU steel industry competitive & decarbonising.

Read @andybounds.bsky.social, @alicemhancock.bsky.social & Sebastien Ash via @financialtimes.com👇 www.ft.com/content/63e1...

EU steelmakers plead for tariffs on cheap imports to avert collapse

Senior Thyssenkrupp executive warns industry is ‘not going to survive’ without emergency protection

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · Sep 8

💥 EU officials discussing possible options to sanction third-countries purchasing Russian oil and gas - such as China - driven by US openness to fresh measures targeting Moscow and its allies

Ensemble cast w @bmoens.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @alicemhancock.bsky.social
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EU weighs sanctions on China for Russian energy imports

[FREE TO READ] Discussions come after Trump administration signals willingness to go after Moscow’s revenues

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · Sep 8

Blunt words from the US energy secretary to the EU in this interview with @jamiesmythft.bsky.social

“Net zero 2050 is just a colossal train wreck . . . It's just a monstrous human impoverishment programme and of course there is no way it is going to happen.”

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US demands EU stops buying Russian gas if it wants new sanctions on Putin

Energy secretary also says European climate rules threaten trade deal with Trump administration

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · Sep 5

That should be fun. on.ft.com/4lUS9Rb

EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine despite trade tensions with US

Sanction comes despite Trump’s threat of retaliatory tariffs over digital regulations

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · Sep 4

The EU should *checks notes* copy China’s playbook on transitioning to lower emissions cars, car industry execs tell the FT

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Car industry calls for EU to copy China and include hybrids in emissions push

[FREE TO READ] Executives also warn Brussels that sticking to 2035 petrol engine ban would severely harm bloc’s largest sector

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · Sep 1

Scoop - Ursula von der Leyen's jet was hit by a suspected Russian GPS interference attack while attempting to land in Bulgaria yesterday, officials told the FT, forcing the pilot to ultimately land using paper maps.

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Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference

[FREE TO READ] Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying EU commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Korean nuclear industry is accusing EDF of being in contravention of state aid rules — after EDF accused Korea’s state nuclear company KHNP of the same thing.

In Europe Express with @iancjohnston.bsky.social

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French and Korean nuclear groups in stand-off over foreign subsidy probe

[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: German minister travels to Israel and Palestine after deadly air strike

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · Aug 25

Europe Express is back from the summer break 🇪🇺☀️

Ilya Gridneff previews on Mark Carney’s friend making trip to Europe this week.

I take a look at the potential €11.3bn windfall from EU’s carbon border tax.

Read and signup here: on.ft.com/47QKxM6

Mark Carney seeking more friends and influence on his latest Eurotrip

[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: The EU’s carbon border tax windfall

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Alice Hancock @alicemhancock.bsky.social · Aug 22

Postal services to stop sending low-cost parcels to US as duty exemption ends

www.ft.com/content/c987... via @financialtimes.com

Postal services to stop sending low-cost parcels to US as duty exemption ends

Decision comes as Trump administration ends ‘de minimis’ tax exemption on August 29

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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · Aug 21

"Snowfall is rare in the area, so the ski resort intended to rely entirely on artificial snow"

Why did anyone think building a ski resort in the Saudi desert was a good idea?

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Saudi Arabia’s 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk from snow mountain delay

Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · Aug 21

My Trade Secrets today.

Everyone says Donald Trump conducts trade and tax policy like a mafia boss.

But dealing with him often means not just an offer you can’t refuse but an offer you can’t rely on — sometimes an offer you can’t understand.

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Trump’s roving banditry will undermine the US economy

[FREE TO READ] On tariffs and tax the president acts like a mafia boss, but not a very good one

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 19

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Donald Trump says Ukraine security guarantee could include US air support

US president warns Putin will face ‘rough situation’ if he does not co-operate on a peace deal on Ukraine

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