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Catherine Ashton criticised for taking a trip to Australia. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has come in for criticism in Britain for visiting the...

Bruising budget talks lie ahead. Fans of rugby, cage fighting and other violent sports are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jon Cunliffe as the UK's next permanent...

Peter Mandelson for the WTO? Peter Mandelson, a former European commissioner for trade, may be about to return to the international arena.

Trade commissioner says deal within reach if political will exists. The chances of success of an EU proposal to revive the Doha round of world trade talks should be known...

Ashton looks in a strange place for a communications chief. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is planning to recruit someone to reverse the largely negative...

EU and India have been negotiating a trade deal since 2007. India and the EU are hoping that a summit next week will generate the political momentum required to conclude a...

European Commission asked to prepare proposal in time for Thursday's summit. EU foreign ministers on Friday (10 September) asked Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner...

Former European Commissioner is still in demand. Leon Brittan, the former European commissioner for trade, will next week take up a six-month appointment as an adviser on...

The former commissioner doesn't pull any punches in his new book. The memoirs of Peter Mandelson, erstwhile UK minister for business, sometime European commissioner for...

UK government gives out the honours. A change of government in the United Kingdom has brought in its wake a number of appointments to the country's upper house of the...

Proposal still needs member states' approval; MEPs to vote on staff and finance rules. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has submitted

Catherine Ashton gets a bigger (and better paid) team. The European Commission has attempted to inject some bling into the private office of Catherine Ashton, the high...

Parliamentary hearing fails to tease out specific answers from new foreign policy chief. The European Union's new foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, delivered an...

Van Rompuy to be Council president; Ashton to be foreign policy chief. Belgian Prime Minister

The newly appointed foreign policy chief has a record of achievement during her brief spell in charge of EU trade policy. The woman who will be the EU's high representative...

Just one sticking point in negotiations. Catherine Ashton, European commissioner for trade, is to consult EU member states on how far she can go to secure an ambitious free...

More than €2 billion in goods and services is traded between the EU and US every day, but there are still plenty of trade disputes. Just as one of the longest-running...

Trade commissioner on four-day visit to the US; bilateral disputes escalate at WTO. Catherine Ashton, the European commissioner for trade, is to lead a four-day mission to...

EU executive says decisions related to Russian oligarch with whom former trade commissioner had contact were reached in an “entirely standard and routine manner”. The...