Andy Bounds

Potential charges aim to slow surge of goods sold on sites such as Temu and Shein that evade custom duties and checks

Brussels considering a tax to slow surge of goods sold on sites that evade custom duties and checks

Accord would create market of 700mn by dropping tariffs on more than 90% of goods

UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers

Requirement among red lines drawn up by Brussels ahead of 2025 negotiations

Chancellor makes plea in first appearance at Euro finance meeting since Brexit

Also in this newsletter: a dispatch from the political mess in Romania

British premier will accept an invitation by the bloc to discuss security matters, in the latest sign of improving relations

Brussels increasingly concerned it would struggle to fight back in a global trade war

Also in this newsletter: How Mercosur countries will get better treatment under EU’s deforestation rules