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A transatlantic trade agreement looks even more important in the modest context of the rest of the US-European relationship I am in Washington, DC, this week, trying to find...

Proposed regulation aims to close the gaps between national interpretations of privacy rules. A frenzied lobbying campaign by global corporations, industry groups and privacy...

Bankers and the US government are reaching settlements before the criminal courts have a chance to investigate. Hardly a day goes by without a settlement between a bank and a...

A round-up of the international press on Wednesday, 12 December. Poland is asking the European Union to pressure Moscow to return the wreckage of a plane that crashed in...

Karel De Gucht's new speechwriter. Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner for trade, has recruited Bernard Bulcke, a former journalist, to be a speechwriter and member of...

The US and the EU need to ensure that reviews of their privacy policies are compatible and do not hinder trade In the United States, our hope is that a global framework for...

Russian criticism of the United States's human-rights record reveals a great deal about flaws in both countries Criticism can reveal more about its source than its target....

Representing six major film studios in Europe is not as glamorous a job as people imagine, says the Motion Picture Association's Chris Marcich If casual observers think that...

EADS and BAE Systems have terminated discussions on the proposed €38 billion merger. A proposed €38 billion merger between EADS and BAE Systems was scrapped today...

How an age of austerity should change healthcare

EU's ETS scheme faces rejection in the US. EU and US drift apart on climate change At 2am on Saturday morning (22 September), American senators were working late on...

Water shortage blamed for rise in food prices. The European Union's policy on biofuel is coming under renewed pressure because of a severe drought in the United States that...

Why are summers so frequently associated with crises? Summer is a time for beaches and relaxation – and, historically, for all sorts of destructive crises. Time and again,...

What the EU's new special representative to human rights should focus on: a view from the US. On 25 July, Stavros Lambrinidis was appointed the European Union's first special...

Retaliation will not work with a government like Argentina's. Yet again Europe finds itself in the unenviable position of having to develop strategies to deal with a populist...

The ECB has now done as much as the Fed to stimulate the economy – but finds itself on much riskier ground. More than three years after the financial crisis that erupted in...

EPP and ECR MEPs win majority to share airline travel data. The European Parliament's civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee today gave its backing to a...

Iranian exile group has heavyweight support. The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI), an organisation with the declared aim of overthrowing Iran's Islamist regime, has hundreds...

Why abandoning austerity now would be highly dangerous in the long run. Europe seems to be obsessed with austerity. Country after country is being forced by either the...

Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still. In its first two years in office, the administration of US President Barack Obama was...