UK watchdog sees no big divergence from EU securities market rules

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will only diverge from European Union securities rules in “exceptional” circumstances given that the UK played a key role in shaping them and still supports…

Trade with Britain after Brexit won’t be easier: EU’s Tusk

[ad_1] LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The chairman of European Union leaders, Donald Tusk, made clear on Wednesday that trade between the bloc and Britain would only get more difficult after Brexit.…

Euro zone to discuss economic response as second COVID wave rages

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As a second wave of coronavirus infections rolls across Europe, forcing more and more countries into lockdowns of varying severity, euro zone finance ministers will on…

Swiss labor leader declares draft EU treaty ‘dead’

[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – The new head of Switzerland’s powerful labor union federation rejected a draft treaty with the European Union and called for restarting negotiations with the country’s most…

London expects only half of bankers back at their desks this year

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – London’s normally buzzing financial districts will still be a pale shadow by the end of the year, as banks plan for no more than half their…

Switzerland launches WTO action over U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A worker cuts a piece from a steel coil at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo GENEVA…

OSCE states set to end impasse over vacant senior positions, U.S. says

[ad_1] VIENNA (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a body that includes Russia and the United States and other former Cold War adversaries, is set to…

EU keeps defence fund alive with 8 billion euro proposal

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday spending 8 billion euros ($8.81 billion) of its next budget on a new European Union defence fund, keeping alive a…

EU’s Vestager working on criteria to define market influence

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: EU Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager holds a news conference on Broadcom in Brussels, Belgium October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU plans to…

Germany confident of finding EU budget compromise – Finance Minister

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement during the second day of the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Economics and Financial Affairs in…