Raw materials

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

The U.K. energy secretary has U-turned on government rules for buying solar supplies — but politicians and human rights campaigners want him to go further.

A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.

Dramatic intervention follows tense standoff with Chinese firm Jingye, British Steel’s owner.

U.K. lawmakers are set to debate emergency legislation that would give ministers power to direct the Chinese-owned Scunthorpe site.

Saturday recall comes as No. 10 says it will push a bill giving government ‘the power to direct steel companies in England.’

Cheap clothes and online retailing means people are buying — and discarding — more garments than ever before.

Belgium has sided with the Democratic Republic of Congo as Rwandan-backed rebels have captured swaths of the country rich in natural resources.

State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.

Ukrainian president will visit Washington Friday for a “framework” deal, but Kyiv warns it is only a first step.

Estimates of Ukraine’s mineral wealth are based on outdated and incomplete assessments of difficult-to-access sites.

One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.

U.S. leader’s remarks came during a lightning visit by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Farmers should not be “an adjustment tool for purchasing power … nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements,” French president says.

A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal obtained by POLITICO reveals EU plans to drive climate-friendly manufacturing.

Russian leader “wants to see people stop dying,” Trump tells the newspaper in an interview.

The U.S. president’s relentless pursuit of raw materials is storing up trouble for Greenland, but could well be good news for Ukraine.

The Kremlin delivers a warning to the U.S. president over his military aid proposal for Kyiv.

The contours of a mammoth industrial decarbonization strategy are taking shape ahead of its Feb. 26 unveiling.

The Americas, China and Europe have developed playbooks to react to the aggressive tariffs that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening. Retaliation is inevitable.

“We’ve now got someone who’s incredibly hostile to China coming into the White House,” said a bank lobbyist.

POLITICO brings you the new elements of Europe’s trade deal with South America struck last week.

Big-money pledges will be even harder to trust. Fossil fuel producers have more leverage. China is ascendant.