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EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY Brussels lifts ban on combustion engines / Industry groups offer lukewarm responses / German car lobby calls changes 'disastrous'	18.12.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business climate weakens / Processors' mood worsens / European manufacturers send mixed messages	18.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease	15.12.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Surveys show moody manufacturers / German processor morale brightens – Ifo / UK producers more upbeat	25.11.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY First fall in German business morale this year / Plastics firms more negative / European managers send mixed signals	25.09.2025
UK ECONOMY Q2 growth surprises to upside / Production activity contracts / Concerns remain about months ahead	15.08.2025
UK ECONOMY GDP drops for second straight month / Industrial production falls again / Construction indicator hits 30-month low	14.07.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY Business confidence improves again / Plastics processors more pessimistic	27.06.2025
TRADE WAR Shares, greenback, oil rally on US-China agreement / Reprieve could spike shipping prices / Did Trump blink?	12.05.2025
TRADE WAR US, UK unveil tariff changes / Trump's 10% levy remains largely in effect	09.05.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY More optimism in German boardrooms / Fiscal stimulus package and looming US tariffs / Mood improves among makers of plastics goods	27.03.2025
DOW Chemical giant buys into Xycle / Chemical recycling unit at Rotterdam	13.03.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING SHOW EUROPE AI innovation showcased in Amsterdam / Conference programme covers current and future recycling challenges / PIE joins trade fair with own stand	11.03.2025
WORLD TRADE Trump to slap tariffs of around 25% on cars / Levies could start as early as 2 April / Brussels ready to retaliate	19.02.2025
GLOBAL TRADE EU agrees major trade deal with Mercosur / Opportunities for EU manufacturers to increase exports of automotive parts, chemicals	07.01.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business confidence drops to pandemic levels / Optimism wanes among plastics, rubber firms / Jump in investor mood surprises	18.12.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Manufacturing indicators turn south / German processors again report improvements	26.11.2024
US POLITICS Trump win could hurt EU companies – analysts / Shares in German carmakers plummet / UN plastics treaty under threat	06.11.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German, European industrial indicators edge higher / German shops report slightly better outlook / Economic concerns remain	28.10.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Business confidence in Germany slumps again / Mood sours among domestic processors / German economy to shrink this year? / Euro area growth in danger	25.09.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business confidence drops again / Processor optimism continues lower / Concerns about German, Eurozone recoveries on the rise	26.07.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Euro area inflation rises in December / Increase likely to be short-lived – analysts	09.01.2024
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom	19.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: GLOBAL CAR MARKET Pace of EU, international sales growth to ease / Some suppliers sceptical about EVs	15.12.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone GDP contracts in Q3, recession looms / Inflation falls sharply / German firms see difficulties ahead – DIHK survey	02.11.2023