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EU auto groups say car CO2 emissions targets 'no longer feasible'
Irish Examiner
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August 27, 2025
European Union targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers' and automotive suppliers' associations said. European Commission...
Germany: Rheinmetall opens new artillery ammunition factory
Deutsche Welle
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August 27, 2025
The Rheinmetall arms manufacturer opened a new factory at its existing site in Unterlüss in northern Germany on Wednesday, boasting that once it reaches capacity it could become Europe's biggest munitions production factility. CEO Armin...
EU-US pact to steady trans-Atlantic trade, forwarder says — with one exception
FreightWaves
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August 27, 2025
The eagerly awaited official framework for the EU-U.S. trade truce has been released, signaling a halt in the escalating tensions that have burdened trans-Atlantic trade, and should help steady container flows, said forwarder Kuehne & Nagel. While...
Germany’s July auto market: Short-term rebound masks long-term weakness, Chinese brands signal breakthroughs
Gasgoo
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August 27, 2025
In July 2025, new vehicle sales in Germany reached 264,802 units, up 3.4% month-on-month (MoM) and 11.1% year-on-year (YoY), reflecting a market characterized by "short-term rebound amid long-term pressure." MoM growth was mainly supported by...
EU-US pact to steady trans-Atlantic trade, forwarder says — with one exception
Yahoo Finance
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The eagerly awaited official framework for the EU-U.S. trade truce has been released, signaling a halt in the escalating tensions that have burdened trans-Atlantic trade, and should help steady container flows, said forwarder Kuehne & Nagel. While...
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EU blinks in tariff tussle with Trump, to meet his demand for no levies on US industrial goods
Firstpost
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August 27, 2025
The European Union has decided to speed up legislation that will remove all duties on US industrial goods by the end of this week to meet US President Donald Trump’s demand to lower reciprocal tariffs on the bloc’s automobile exports. According to...
Wealthy Americans are traveling to Europe to dodge tariffs on luxury goods
CNBC
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August 27, 2025
Visitors and salesmen stand at the booth of Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweler Piaget, during the "Watches and Wonders Geneva" luxury watch fair, on April 1, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Jamie and her husband are traveling to...
Revealed: How Britain’s £800m tool theft epidemic is fuelled by PUTIN – as nicked kit ends up in hands of Russian troops
The U.S. Sun
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August 27, 2025
BRITAIN’S tool theft epidemic is being exploited by Russia in its war on Ukraine, The Sun can reveal. Expensive surveying tools stolen from construction projects in the UK have been smuggled to sanctions-hit Russia. 8 Roughly 1,500 tools were...
Will EU Put The Climate Before Its Auto Industry?
Forbes
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reducing co2 emissions in european union. getty If European Union carbon dioxide emissions from transport aren’t eliminated, this will spur climate change and damage the planet. If EU transport CO2 emissions on new cars are eliminated by 2035, the...
US firms target Europe with uncrewed fighter offerings
FlightGlobal
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American manufacturers developing the first generation of uncrewed fighter aircraft see big potential in Europe. A range of large and small firms, including General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Anduril, Boeing and Kratos, are pursuing European...
Palfinger to Deliver Cranes for Poland’s Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore Wind
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August 27, 2025
Palfinger Marine has been selected to supply more than 100 fully electric fixed boom service cranes for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by PGE and Ørsted. Source: Palfinger Marine A total of 107 fully electric fixed...
BYD Begins Exporting EVs From Thailand To Europe
CleanTechnica
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August 27, 2025
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Here is a story about BYD and EVs that seems straightforward. BYD has a factory in Thailand and has begun exporting cars built there to Europe. The first batch of 959 BYD...
F.lli Righini Delivers High-Performance Jacket Pile Grippers for Offshore Wind Projects Across Europe
Offshore Wind
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August 27, 2025
F.lli Righini Srl, a leading engineering and manufacturing company in offshore energy solutions, has successfully delivered numerous Jacket Pile Grippers (JPGs) for multiple offshore wind projects across the North Sea and Baltic Sea. These...
First IDRA X-Press successfully commissioned in Poland
Foundry-Planet.com
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The first X-Press machine in Poland is now officially in operation. The system was installed and successfully commissioned at the non-ferrous metal casting company Odlewnia Kowala. With this investment, the company is taking an important step...
Rheinmetall opens Europe’s largest artillery ammunition plant in Germany
EUToday
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August 27, 2025
22 Unterlüß, Germany — 27 August 2025. Rheinmetall has inaugurated a new artillery ammunition plant at Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, which the company and multiple outlets describe as the largest facility of its kind in Europe. Construction began in...
Bloomberg: EU may accelerate removal of tariffs on US goods for deal with Trump
Babel
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The European Union plans to pass legislation by the end of the week that would eliminate all tariffs on industrial goods from the United States. This is a demand from President Donald Trump to reduce tariffs on car exports from Europe. Bloomberg...
L3Harris starts production of EMX-22D sensor at Poland facility
Janes
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An image of an L3Harris' EMX-22D system at Katowice facility in August 2025. (L3Harris Technologies ) L3Harris Technologies has begun manufacturing its EMX-22D electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems at its facility in Katowice, Poland, an...
Dairy leaders closely watching EU trading details
Brownfield Ag News
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News Dairy leaders closely watching EU trading details August 27, 2025 By Nicole Heslip Filed Under: Dairy, Dairy, News U.S. dairy leaders say the recently announced trade framework with the European Union has some gaps. Shawna Morris with the...
Canada and Germany partner to secure critical minerals for EV supply chains
EV Engineering Online
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August 27, 2025
Canada’s new government has a mandate to strengthen and diversify international partnerships, a priority that has only grown in importance amid shifting global trade dynamics. This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney traveled to Germany to expand...
Canada's energy minister touts case for selling LNG to Germany
Prince George Post
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Tim Hodgson said Canada could reliably supply the 'lowest-risk and lowest-carbon' LNG to meet Germany's needs Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in West Block on...