Britain is prepared to pay up to €40 billion ($47 billion) as part of a deal to leave the European Union, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported, citing three unnamed sources familiar with Britain's negotiating strategy. The EU has floated a figure of €60 billion ...
Major Japanese financial institutions are reviewing their strategies on the locations of business footholds in Europe in the run-up to Brexit, Britain's exit from the European Union. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Nomura Holdings Inc. have started preparations to set up subsidiaries in Frankfurt, ...
The European Union has started a full investigation into Canon Inc. for an alleged breach of EU rules through its acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., the European Commission said Thursday. The EU's executive branch has sent a letter of objection to Canon, the first ...
General Electric Co., Merck KGaA, Sigma-Aldrich Corp. and Canon Inc. are the latest companies to risk hefty penalties as the European Commission clamps down on violations of its merger approval procedures. Months after the EU fined Facebook $125 million for giving misleading information during a ...
Britain will lose its status as Europe's top financial center unless it keeps borders open to specialist staff, improves infrastructure and expands links with emerging economies, TheCityUK said in a report published Thursday. The report from Britain's most powerful financial lobby said continental Europe might ...
Ideally, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will enter into an open political marriage from which all of Europe will benefit, rather than an exclusive relationship that breeds resentment.
Nomura Holdings Inc. has picked Frankfurt to be the headquarters of its European Union operations after the U.K. leaves the bloc, people with knowledge of the matter said. Japan's biggest brokerage will start preparations this month to form a base in the German financial center, ...
Japan is considering setting a tariff-free import quota for beef from European Union member states, as requested by the EU in the two sides' negotiations on an economic partnership agreement for free trade, informed sources told Jiji Press on Wednesday. The Japanese government believes that ...
Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto plans to visit Europe next week for talks with the European Union's agriculture commissioner, Phil Hogan, to discuss the Japan-EU free trade deal, a source said Wednesday. The two sides are aiming to reach a broad agreement on the deal early ...
In negotiations with the European Union on an economic partnership agreement, Japan may be reviewing several compromises in areas including university and hospital projects, railway operators, and tariffs, according to several sources. Tokyo is considering opening up bidding for local university and hospital projects to ...
Japan and the European Union are looking to hold a summit in Brussels in July with the aim of reaching a broad accord for an economic partnership, sources said. The meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President ...
The bloc's growing popularity is helping centrist leaders win, but without reform the effect won't last.
