Guy Birchall

European Commission trade spokesperson Olof Gill told Irish radio that Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic would fly across the Atlantic on Sunday.

The 27-nation bloc currently imposes tariffs on Chinese made electric cars being imported into the economic zone.

The Turkish president met two parliamentary deputies from the Ankara Parliament supportive of the ethnic group at his presidential palace in Ankara.

Indices from Tokyo to Frankfurt all experienced rapid rises following the president’s announcement.

The decision is welcome news to Argentinian President Javier Milei as he continues his reformation of the indebted South American nation.

‘We’re trying to actively sit down with our American friends and say, let’s make the situation better,’ a European Commission spokesperson said.

Brussels’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera told the European Parliament that the ruling, previously expected in March, was on its way.

The Asian markets were boosted by recoveries in Japan, while in Europe, Frankfurt, Paris, and London all opened up on yesterday’s close.

During a meeting in Luxembourg, trade ministers from the 27 member states agreed to prioritize negotiations, as they also readied a retaliatory response.

The prominent politician was found guilty of embezzling EU funds to pay party staff in France and was handed a sentence that bars her from public office.