Insiders have reported that talks on the EU-Canada free trade agreement were finalized on 5 August. The talks started in 2009 and political agreement on key issues was reached in October 2013. Now the text of the deal should be ready for final legal review and translation into the 23 EU official lan...

In reaction to EU and USA introducing further sanctions on Wednesday 6th August the Russian president Vladimir Putin signed decree banning or restricting import of agricultural production from the countries that adopted sanctions against Russia. The decree is to be valid for a year. This ban will af...

Russia lawmakers propose altering Russian legislation to allow for automatic sanctions against foreign countries that the government includes on a special list of "aggressor nations." When the country appears on the list, all its citizens, permanent residents and companies registered on its territor...

The US Federal Reserve is likely to end its historic and controversial bond-buying stimulus program – or “quantitative easing” – after its monthly meeting in October. Monthly bond purchases are already cut from a peak of $85 billion to $35 billion following the results of the June meeting. The final...