Business Revulsion at US Tariff Chaos

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Additional US tariffs on steel and aluminium are a lose-lose for both sides of the Atlantic, says Europe’s business community. So says BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer. His organisation is the representative body for the business community at the EU level. He was reacting to President Trump’s recent announcements on tariffs. Beyrer said, “It is…

EU Business Faces Labour and Skills Shortages

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Photo by Kumpan Electric on Unsplash Companies throughout Europe are facing growing labour and skills shortages, it has emerged. The issue was highlighted by BusinessEurope, the organisation that represents the business community in Europe. The Brussels based group published the results of a new survey of European companies which, it says, “underscores the skills and recruitment challenges that…

EU Budget to 2027

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Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash The European Union has faced a series of unprecedented and unexpected challenges since the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in 2020. The European Commission says that “barely out of one of the deepest global economic crises in more than a century, Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine had huge humanitarian, economic and budgetary consequences.” Within…