Greece is returning, after 12 years, to European normality, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras emphasizes in his statement, on the occasion of Greece’s imminent exit from the Enhanced Supervision regime, speaking of the achievement of a major national goal. More specifically, Mr. Staikouras notes: “The achievement of yet another great national goal is a fact. A […]
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The EU and the US suspend the tariffs of the Boeing-Airbus dispute as a show of goodwill
The European Union and the United States have decided to temporarily suspend the reciprocal tariff measures that both parties approved in recent years within the framework of the Airbus and Boeing debate. This was announced this afternoon by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, after a phone call with the president […]
Brussels revises Spain’s growth forecast up two tenths this year
The European Commission predicts a very difficult end of winter, but begins to see “the light at the end of the tunnel”. This is reflected in the Winter Macroeconomic Forecasts, one of the four forecasting exercises carried out each year and in which, despite the third wave, the vaccine problems and the prolongation of the […]
The WTO authorizes the EU to punish the US with 4 billion annual tariff countermeasures
The World Trade Organization (WTO) this Tuesday authorized the European Union (EU) to impose tariffs on products from the United States with an annual ceiling value of $ 3.993 billion, about € 2.9 billion at the current exchange rate, as compensation for subsidies received by Boeing between September 2012 and September 2015 and which have […]
UK fintech Azimo secures EU loan; anticipates ‘messy’ Brexit talks
The Azimo logo displayed on a smartphone. Azimo Azimo, the U.K. money transfer start-up taking on the likes of Western Union and MoneyGram, has raised 20 million euros ($23 million) in debt financing from the European Union. The loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), which is the lending arm of the EU, will help […]