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Nigel Farage’s party is trying to step out of his shadow. Can it?

BIRMINGHAM — It had suits, wonks, outriders, sponsors, lobbyists, receptions, and a rapidly-growing party flock. But Reform UK’s conference remained in many ways the Nigel Farage show. From the scrum around the

07/09/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.

BRUSSELS — Faced with a €30 billion-a-year repayment bill from Covid-era borrowing, the European Commission briefly considered the unthinkable — tapping into the EU’s most sacred cow, farm subsidies. For a few tense months, Brussels flirted with folding the Common

07/07/2025

by LP Staff Writers

The non-geek’s guide to the Brussels budget fight

BRUSSELS ― As Europe teeters on the edge of a full-blown trade war with the United States,

Lukashenko’s potato racket sparks outrage from regime opponents

Alexander Lukashenko’s stubborn grip on the Belarusian economy plunged the potato-happy country into a spud shortage

EU, India close ranks against Trump to seal trade deal

NEW DELHI — The European Union and India locked arms against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive and China’s flood of cheaper goods to conclude talks on a landmark trade pact on

27/01/2026

Agriculture and Food·Cars·Companies·Decarbonization·Energy and Climate·farmers·Farms·Mobility·Negotiations·Oil·Olive oil·Produce·Steel·Sustainability·Tariffs·Technology·Trade·wine

Starmer finally goes to China — and tries not to trigger Trump

LONDON — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney left Beijing and promptly declared the U.S.-led “world order” broken. Don’t expect his British counterpart to do the same. Keir Starmer will land in the

Labour’s year-long China charm offensive revealed

LONDON — British ministers have been laying the ground for Keir Starmer’s handshake with Xi Jinping in Beijing this week ever since Labour came to power. In a series of behind-closed-door speeches

Brazil’s Lula skips signing of Mercosur-EU trade deal

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not attend the formal signing of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Asunción, Paraguay, on Saturday, opting to stay in Rio de Janeiro while the

17/01/2026

Agriculture and Food·Farms·Imports·Media·Mercosur·Politics·Trade·Trade Agreements

7 times Keir Starmer’s MPs forced him to U-turn … so far

LONDON — If there’s one thing Keir Starmer has mastered in office, it’s changing his mind. The PM has been pushed by his backbenchers toward a flurry of about-turns since entering Downing

09/01/2026

Austerity·Bailout·Brexit·British politics·Budget·Elections·farmers·Farms·Fuels·Immigration·Media·Migration·Misinformation·Payments·Pensions·Politics·Tax·Welfare·Westminster bubble

EU-Mercosur mega trade deal: The winners and losers

Europe’s biggest ever trade deal finally got the nod Friday after 25 years of negotiating. It took blood, sweat, tears and tortured discussions to get there, but EU countries at last backed

09/01/2026

Definitely maybe: Italy leans toward getting Mercosur deal done

The Italian government is satisfied with new funding promised by Brussels to European farmers and is signaling that it may cast its decisive vote in favor of the EU’s huge trade deal

08/01/2026

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Von der Leyen makes €45B pitch to win Meloni’s support for Mercosur trade deal

BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is determined to travel to South America next week to sign the EU’s long-delayed trade pact with the Mercosur bloc, but she’s having to

06/01/2026

The text of Trump’s October deal with Xi Jinping is still MIA

President Donald Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had an “amazing meeting” in South Korea in October. More than two months later, there’s still no formal agreement, however, leaving the commitments from

04/01/2026

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Q&A A lack of grid flexibility threatens to short-circuit Britain’s electrification

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Farms

Nigel Farage’s party is trying to step out of his shadow. Can it?

Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.

The non-geek’s guide to the Brussels budget fight

Lukashenko’s potato racket sparks outrage from regime opponents

EU, India close ranks against Trump to seal trade deal

Starmer finally goes to China — and tries not to trigger Trump

Labour’s year-long China charm offensive revealed

Brazil’s Lula skips signing of Mercosur-EU trade deal

7 times Keir Starmer’s MPs forced him to U-turn … so far

EU-Mercosur mega trade deal: The winners and losers

Definitely maybe: Italy leans toward getting Mercosur deal done

Von der Leyen makes €45B pitch to win Meloni’s support for Mercosur trade deal

The text of Trump’s October deal with Xi Jinping is still MIA

Q&A A lack of grid flexibility threatens to short-circuit Britain’s electrification

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