To bring down petrol prices ahead of the mid-term elections, Trump is stripping Kyiv of its most effective weapon and calling for a new Ukrainian president. Now the sanctions game is being played out in Brussels

Sefcovic in Beijing to restore balance to trade relations. Also on the agenda are the fourteen European companies (and the two Italian ones) that ended up on China’s blacklist following the EU sanctions against Russia. Iurino (Garnet) speaks out

At the ambassadors’ meeting, Athens maintained its veto on the new measures. It is determined to secure an exemption at all costs to allow its shipowners to continue transporting Russian liquefied natural gas through EU waters and ports, provided it is destined for third countries. Tens of billions of euros are at stake