Tuesday
25th Jul 2017
By EUOBSERVER
The US announced on Thursday that it was "taking action against the EU's unfair trade practices that discriminate against US beef imports". It said that the EU ban on hormone-treated meat and meat products was "not supported by scientific evidence and thus violated WTO obligations", threatening to impose tariffs on EU imports. Public consultation will determine whether the EU ban has an impact on US businesses.
Threat of US fines against German and other EU firms involved in Russia's Nord Stream II gas pipeline could prompt angry European response.
The trial, which opened Monday, of 17 journalists and administrative employees of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet is considered one of the most important episodes in a systematic campaign to silence dissent.
Some eastern EU member states worry they are being sold inferior food. The Slovak prime minister will speak to commission chief Juncker about it.
Andrzej Duda's veto on two controversial justice reforms reveals cracks in the ruling PiS party, but it could still be bypassed.
Andrzej Duda decided to veto two of the controversial draft laws, which would put the judiciary under political control, but the EU executive is awaiting details before deciding on whether to launch legal probes on Wednesday.
Originally, a transitional deal to soften the UK's exit from the EU was seen as a no-go on the British side, but now it is seeming more and more likely.
