Andrew Bounds

Russia offered to curb its support for Iran if US halted aid to Ukraine ft.trib.al/19pCcWg

“No-one left behind”: international councillors win in Eindhoven dutchnews.nl/?p=265377

New - Big Read on the Labour leadership contest to come, a shift to the left - and how the bond market vigilantes will play a key role

Good interview with Dutch PM Jetten Jetten, who met Macron last week, said he was “still waiting for someone to give me a clear explanation of strategic autonomy,” the Paris-led push to reduce reliance on US & China and make Europe more self-sufficient ft.com/content/426195…

Liberal Netherlands is back at heart of EU, says new PM Rob Jetten ft.com/content/426195… via @AndyBounds @HenryJFoy

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. may soon remove sanctions from Iranian oil that is stranded on tankers to help lift global supplies and reduce prices, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday.

Domestically says he will unveil farming reforms to cut nitrogen emissions and house building plans by summer - hopeful opposition will back them in the national interest.

EXCLUSIVE interview- the Dutch are back says new PM Rob Jetten ahead of debut summit. Calls for positivity and bridge building telling leaders to “stop complaining” and “do better” rather than blame Brussels. With ⁦@HenryJFoy⁩ via @FT as.ft.com/r/fc61851d-68f…

NEW : UK fights to keep selling more potent cannabis products in EU ‘reset’ talks - exemptions to dynamic alignment for “novel foods” . via @FT ⁦@SpeedMaddie⁩ ⁦@GeorgeWParker⁩ ⁦@pmdfoster⁩ as.ft.com/r/6b6905e4-0d7…

EU warns U.K. must “change gear” in talks on reset and pay for access to single market for electricity and more via @FT as.ft.com/r/4162c270-a29…

Spain warns EU against suspending carbon market to try to lower energy prices ft.trib.al/tS11hSr

SCOOP: Seasoned commission trade official Maria Martin-Prat will be the EU's new ambassador to the WTO from 1 May - more here by me borderlex.net/2026/03/16/exc…

NEW: Big movement here after a year of deadlock. UK could swap EU student tuition fee cut for EU concessions elsewhere as part of Brexit reset via @FT ⁦@SpeedMaddie⁩ and George Parker as.ft.com/r/ec534633-d3a…

France and Italy open talks with Iran in hope of securing safe Hormuz passage ft.trib.al/q1URhsQ

Poland’s Eurosceptic president vetoes EU funding for defence ft.trib.al/KMY5GCW

Oh my god! The Belgian prosecutor’s office admitted it wrongly accused MEP Daniel Attard of receiving payments from Chinese tech giant Huawei - they confused him with a Maltese businessman of the same name. politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

European businesses warn Brussels' tech sovereignty push could hit profits and undermine competitiveness “In Europe today we are not truly in the position to substitute all our IT solutions . . . with European solutions,” said Ilse Henne of Thyssenkrupp ft.com/content/95fe93…

“Russia is the big winner of this conflict.”

Don’t leave me this way… We knew US Section 301 investigations were coming. Nevertheless, uncertainty remains. There is still no clear commitment from the US government to uphold the Turnberry commitments (1/4)

I am not sure why anyone would haste to ratify the Turnberry deal when already now it is obvious that the future will be 301 and 232 investigations with unknown but predictable outcomes. @AndyBounds