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Trade dispute: Further talks at APEC conference.

The USA and China continue their trade talks on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce sharply criticized the latest round of US semiconductor export controls.

By Leonardo Pape

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Suspected corruption: Judiciary investigates NATO employee.

There are suspicions that employees of the NATO procurement agency NSPA passed on confidential information to arms companies when purchasing armaments such as ammunition and drones via NATO. The Belgian judiciary is also investigating indications that money from these illegal practices was laundered through the establishment of consulting firms, among other things.

By Redaktion Table

Ethics authority: EPP to terminate interinstitutional agreement.

The Christian Democrats in the EU Parliament do not agree with the interinstitutional agreement on the creation of an ethics authority. They therefore led a right-wing majority in the Constitutional Affairs Committee against an amendment to the Rules of Procedure. Now they want to vote in plenary on whether the interinstitutional agreement should be revoked by Parliament.

By Markus Grabitz