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TRADE WAR
EU, US strike 15% tariff deal / Zero-for-zero tariffs agreed for some strategic products
 		28.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans
 		25.07.2025
USA
EPA loses even more muscle / Zeldin touts big savings through ‘organisational improvements' and job cuts / NGOs challenge pollution rule exemptions
 		25.07.2025
PLASTICS TAX
EU levy set to rise to EUR 1,000/t from 2028
 		24.07.2025
TRADE WAR
Some EU states want massive response to US tariffs – reports / Berlin, Paris prefer major pushback / Japan settles for 15%
 		23.07.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION
PPWR: Industry associations call for postponement of EU packaging regulation
 		22.07.2025
BOTTLE RECYLING EU
Mass-balance method soon to be acceptable / New rules to accept chemical recycling / Criticism of method continues
 		21.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission presents Action Plan to address capacity closure risks / Streamlining of ECHA and REACH envisaged
 		17.07.2025
TRADE WAR
Brussels examines tariffs on US plastics, chemicals – reports / Materials part of long list of possible countermeasures
 		16.07.2025
EU POLICY
Funding framework for Clean Industrial Deal projects stands / Focus on renewables / “Long term predictability for business”
 		14.07.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY
India imposes anti-dumping duties on hydraulic injection moulding machines from China, Taiwan
 		11.07.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
EU Parliament, Council plan significantly lower minimum recyclate quotas for new vehicles / Will ELV Directive come into force by mid-2026?
 		10.07.2025
MICROPLASTICS
Joint technical paper to help companies with new REACH labelling requirement
 		09.07.2025
PACKAGING LABELLING
Europen slams proposed, new EU waste-sorting label rules
 		09.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission to stick by emissions-reduction plan / Compromise sees carbon credits be part of total
 		08.07.2025
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