As oil and gas markets react to escalating tensions, the key question for Ireland is whether higher energy prices will trigger another inflation shock – or remain contained.
Ireland is expected to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive into law by June, introducing a raft of new rules for employers to follow.
The EU’s largest economies want to push ahead with the Savings and Investment Union despite reservations from Ireland around a two-speed Europe and centralising of power.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a warmer tone at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European officials say the trans-Atlantic fissure remains, writes Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal.
The tech giant's chief lobbyist, Kent Walker, was speaking in Dublin on EU tech regulation, Ireland’s role and “short-term pain for long-term gain” with artificial intelligence.
Sold as the “mother of all deals”, the India–EU free-trade agreement turns out to be much less dramatic than the hype suggests. It moves slowly, covers less ground than advertised and leans heavily on symbolism.
Aviation firms have faced hurdles entering India but Europe’s new free-trade agreement will slash tariffs on aircraft and parts in a market that has seen its aviation sector balloon in recent years.
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s latest report on fund marketing materials notes how rules from country-to-country still differ, despite efforts for greater harmonisation.
The EU-Mercosur trade deal is moving ahead but the Irish Farmers’ Association is game-planning its final effort to get the agreement tossed out by the European Parliament.
Ireland says no but Mercosur may very well pass today – after 25 years of to-and-fro. The thorny issues at play and drawn-out negotiations send a bad signal to other would-be trading partners.
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