Andy Bounds

The politician known as ‘Mr Fixit’ on smoothing post-Brexit relations, handling the twin titans of the US and China — and his role in the Velvet Revolution

Summit to discuss deeper trade and defence co-operation mired in uncertainty as leadership crisis bites

Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands say tougher measures needed to defend industry against ‘unfair’ practices

Comments by Ekaterina Zaharieva come as London and Brussels seek to push ahead with ‘reset’ 10 years after Brexit

Also in this newsletter: Brussels moves to make some satellite spectrum EU-only

Paris initially lukewarm on including Britain in European Commission proposal to shield strategic industries from imports

Andrius Kubilius pushes for governments to open weapons stockpiles to Ukraine

Billions of dollars of investment raise concerns that subsidised goods could swamp European manufacturers

Brussels churns out preferential trade agreements but is vulnerable to Chinese coercion