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Andy Bounds

EU Correspondent

EU correspondent covering Brexit, trade, health and European politics, including the European parliament. He is also Netherlands correspondent and a frequent contributor to the agenda-setting Europe Express newsletter.

Andy has worked for the Financial Times since 1997. He covered the Brexit vote in the UK as Northern correspondent and was previously posted in Brussels from 2004-08.

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  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Deforestation
    EU backs ‘loophole’ for member states facing deforestation law

    Proposed change set to inflame tensions with Brazil and other big agricultural producers over controversial rule

    Aerial view of deforested land
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    FT CollectionsReinvention Champions 2024
    Syensqo transitions to a greener future after 160 years

    Demerging from Belgian chemical group Solvay has allowed the new business to follow clean tech megatrends

    A woman in a patterned blazer speaks on stage in front of a large screen
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Trade disputes
    Tariff test for EU as Trump prepares to squeeze trade partners

    Senior US official urges Brussels to postpone resumption of ‘retaliatory’ levies scheduled for March

    giant spools of finished steel
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Netherlands
    Amsterdam on edge after violence against Israeli football fans

    Residents say city has become more tense amid rightward shift in Dutch politics and pro-Palestinian protests

    Police patrolling near Amsterdam’s Dam Square after violent clashes involving fans of Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv football team
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    News in-depthDonald Trump
    Flattery, distraction and golf: world leaders dust off their Trump playbooks

    Handling the US president-elect’s erratic personality seen as key to future relations with Washington

    Montage featuring Andrzej Duda Giorgia Meloni, Ursula von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron in front of the US flag
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    The Big Read
    Europe’s unity at risk as sense of crisis grows

    The EU needs investment to boost growth and competitiveness, but the debate over who pays has echoes of the financial crisis

    Montage of images. Black and white cutout of Mario Draghi on a dark blue background with the yellow stars for the EU flag going around hi and 100 euro notes in the foreground
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    US trade
    US trade partners brace for tougher tariffs in Trump’s second term

    Steps taken in the Republican’s first few weeks in office are expected to be ‘lasting ones’

    Montage of Trump, graph lines
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Europe Express
    What are Europe’s biggest weak spots for a Trump presidency? Premium content

    A second Trump presidency will impact climate policy, trade, the war in Ukraine and EU defence

    Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach convention centre on November 6
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Europe is crossing its fingers as America heads to the polls Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: How the EU’s incoming trade commissioner wants to police online retailers

    Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 50th World Economic Forum
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    France pushes Brussels to delay fines on carmakers

    Emissions rules coming into force could lead to billions in penalties being imposed on weak auto industry

    An employee works on a van at the Renault SA Sandouville plant in Le Havre, France
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK-EU ‘reset’ talks delayed until next year

    Negotiations expected to focus on post-Brexit fishing rights and electricity trading arrangements, which expire in 2026

    An anti-Brexit protester waves the EU and union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in June 2016
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    Netherlands politics
    Dutch government averts collapse after Wilders backs down

    Far-right leader reverses at last minute on emergency law to curb immigration

    Asylum seekers board a bus at a reception centre in Ter Apel, the Netherlands
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    InterviewEuropean Union
    EU has to stop ‘lecturing’ developing world, says top official

    Charles Michel says partner countries taking part in Putin’s Brics summit ‘want to send a message’

    Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is greeted by Vladimir Putin at the Kazan summit, while Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, left, and Xi Jinping of China, centre, look on
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    How Erdoğan’s trip to see Putin signals he’s still playing middleman Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Parliament’s far right starts to flex its muscles

    Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the EU needs to close the gaps in its leaky sanctions regime Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why Vučić declined Putin’s invitation

    Valerie Hayer, leader of the Renew Group in the European parliament, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron
  • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
    Brexit
    Drug industry says it is not ready for ‘UK only’ labelling scheme

    Generic drug producers warn of ‘severe’ consequences for patients in Northern Ireland ahead of January deadline

    A pharmacist reaches for a box of medicine on a shelf at a chemist in Belfast
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Ecommerce
    Toxic slime and other dangerous toys sold online in Europe

    Toy Industries of Europe finds many products on marketplaces in the ‘kids’ category are unsafe

    One of the offending toys, pic supplied by Toy Industries of Europe
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why expectations are low for the EU-Gulf leaders’ summit Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Brussels calls on EU capitals to send aid to Lebanon

    European Council President Charles Michel attends the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS) at the National Convention Centre, in Vientiane, Laos
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU plywood dumping probe opens new front in China trade dispute

    Investigation into cheap wood exports follows producers’ claim the products originated in Russia

    A circular saw going through some plywood
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Carbon tax
    India denounces ‘stifling’ EU carbon tax on imports

    Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman says tariffs to be imposed in 2026 will impede energy transition

    India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    EU eastern tensions
    Von der Leyen lambasts Orbán over Russia

    European Commission president lashes out at Hungarian leader in unusually blunt address

    Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán looks on as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the European parliament, in Strasbourg on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    Viktor Orbán meets his domestic nemesis in Strasbourg Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: The EU’s €35bn Ukraine loan moves from idea to implementation

    Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    EU-China relations
    China targets EU brandy imports with anti-dumping penalties

    Trade retaliation comes after bloc voted to approve steep tariff increases on Chinese electric cars

    Frederic Barbot, a producer of Cognac, smells a barrel of ageing cognac at Domaine Marcadier-Barbot in Segonzac, south-western France
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU court to hear case on von der Leyen’s texts with Pfizer next month Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: How greener corporate car fleets could boost competitiveness and the climate goals

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU member states agree to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

    China’s carmakers have been increasing market share in Europe

    New vehicles are being loaded on to special frame transports at the International Container Terminal in Taicang Port, Suzhou, China.
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