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India is the world’s third-largest car market by sales after the US and China, but its domestic auto industry has been one of the most protected.

India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in trade deal with EU: sources

New Delhi currently levies tariffs of 70% and 110% on imported cars

The elevation of ties to Vietnam’s highest level has been planned for months and was delayed largely because of schedule complications, an official says

EU set to elevate ties with Vietnam amid trade disruptions, source says

The move would place the EU on the same tier as China, the US and Russia, among others

Few details have filtered out about the diplomatic compromise that apparently satisfied Mr Trump enough for him to withdraw his initial Greenland tariff threat.

Three key provisions in Trump’s Greenland deal with Nato. Will they be enough?

EU leaders appear to have agreed they will now proceed to ratify their existing trade deal with the US

Trump’s U-turn raises questions about how much damage has been done to transatlantic ties and business confidence.

Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as Nato asks allies to step up

The US president’s ambitions for the Danish territory have threatened to blow the alliance apart

The decision was expected after senior lawmakers from European parliament’s largest political groups proposed a delay on Saturday, following Trump’s tariff announcement.

EU freezes US trade deal approval over Greenland threats

The European parliament’s trade committee postpones the vote indefinitely

The European parliament backed the motion with 334 votes in favour to 324 against, and 11 abstentions.

EU lawmakers vote to launch legal challenge to Mercosur trade deal

The opponents say the deal will increase cheap imports, undercutting the domestic farmers who have staged repeated protests

Exporters of high-carbon industrial products such as steel, iron, aluminium (above), cement and fertilisers will be most affected.

Can the EU withstand the pushback against its carbon levy?

Brussels must defend its climate goals and prove its policy is the future of trade

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said tensions between Europe and the US will hasten European integration.

Trump could kick start European integration, Lagarde predicts

[FRANKFURT] Trust between Europe and the US is being undermined by political tensions but this will accelerate long-stalled European integration, Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Centr...