EU & the World

A US walkout has failed to derail the start of a new UN convention that will set global tax rules — after an offer by US officials to the EU and other sceptics of the process to join the walkout fell on deaf ears. 

The proposed ban on forever chemicals (PFAS) could force the pharmaceutical industry to move production out of Europe, leading to a shortage of 600 critical medicines — or so the industry claims. However, campaigners call for implementation without delay. 

The European Commission is set to join the growing ranks of foreign governments hiring Washington DC lobby shops by retaining DCI group, a K-Street firm with impeccable Republican links.