An EU enquiry into whether furniture seller XXXLutz can buy 140 stores from fellow retailer Porta signals a focus on concerns about local consumer markets at a time when geopolitical economics looms ...

Belgium violated a removal company’s right to a hearing within a reasonable time by allowing a tax dispute linked to deducting an EU cartel fine to stretch beyond 14 years, the European Court of Human ...

EU governments’ digital simplification talks are set to resume at a meeting of national ambassadors on Wednesday, with Ireland hoping to secure agreement on a negotiating position, MLex has learned. A ...

AI providers face no immediate move to widen the UK financial regulator’s remit, despite growing use of chatbots for financial advice. The Financial Conduct Authority is focusing on clarifying how ...

Five solar-panel installation companies have been fined a total of almost 9 million forints ($27,800) for colluding in a rural electricity development tender, Hungary’s competition authority said ...

EU governments could seek exemptions from conditions on certain foreign investments, such as ownership limits, under a new Irish proposal to bridge differences among EU governments on the proposed ...

Legal arguments that Vivendi put forward — to contest a ruling that said a wide document seizure by the European Commission was legal — were released by the EU’s top court on Monday. The French media ...

China is moving to tighten its grip on strategically important technologies by bringing cross-border intellectual property transfers and changes in foreign control under immediate regulatory scrutiny, ...

Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts faces EU accusations it misled the bloc's merger watchdog, during a review of KKR's €19 billion acquisition of TIM's telecom assets in Italy. The formal ...

Investment firm KKR has received formal EU charges that it provided incorrect or misleading information during the 2024 review of its acquisition of NetCo. The European Commission took issue with ...

Chinese exporters of dual-use items will face revised customs review procedures under a joint announcement issued Monday by the Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs, effective ...

Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Sunday with Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which are members of the European Free Trade Association, after negotiations concluded in July. The ...