The AI Act is expected to be a landmark piece of EU legislation governing the use of artificial intelligence in Europe that has been in the works for over two years. Lawmakers have proposed classifying different AI tools according to their perceived level of risk, from low to unacceptable. Governments and companies using these tools […]
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Volkswagen chose Canada to build its first battery cell plant outside Europe, granting its cars access to both Canadian and U.S. subsidies as it works to localise electric vehicle production chain in the region. Volkswagen AG confirmed in December it was looking for sites for a Canadian plant, six months after signing a memorandum of […]
A dramatic sell-off in U.S. bank stocks spilled over into Europe on Friday, as some of the region’s biggest banks saw their shares tumble in their largest decline in nine months. Europe’s STOXX banking index fell more than 4% and was set for its biggest one-day slide since early June, with declines for most major […]
Billions of dollars in clean energy incentives are poised to speed investment on American soil while putting the European Union’s energy transition at risk by luring away money and talent, executives at the CERAWeek energy conference said this week. U.S. President Joe Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act climate package was signed into law last year […]
TikTok has announced out a new data security regime, nicknamed “Project Clover”, amid growing pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Parliament, European Commission and the EU Council recently banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, and whether China’s […]
Europe will lose out to countries like the U.S. and Japan on new medical research, trials and treatments unless draft rules reforming the European pharmaceutical landscape change, the CEO of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk warned on Thursday. The European Commission will present its proposed overhaul of the bloc’s pharmaceuticals regulation on March 29, the first […]
European shares rose on Friday, as hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve could adopt a measured approach for rate hikes ahead lifted technology stocks, while miners jumped on growing bets of demand recovery in China. The continent-wide STOXX 600 rose 0.7% in early trading, with rate-sensitive tech stocks up 1.4%. Overnight, Atlanta Fed President Raphael […]
The head of European planemaker Airbus criticized the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, saying the law could make it more difficult for the European Union to accelerate its own decarbonization efforts. Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said the law, which boosts U.S. investment in renewable energy products, “is destabilizing the level playing field” between […]
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European shares fell on Tuesday, with UK’s Ocado sinking after a worse-than-expected full-year loss, while data from France and Spain pointed to inflation being stickier than feared. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index slipped 0.3% in the first hour of trading, after closing sharply higher in the previous session. “Whether it be Spain, France or Germany, […]