The United States on Friday called on the European Union to ease rules that hold major companies accountable for the environmental and social impacts arising from their global supply chains, saying the bloc had pledged not to let such measures obstruct trade between it and Washington. Andrew Puzder, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, wrote in a post on X that the 27-nation bloc should honor commitments it made during trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at Turnberry in Scotland in July 2025 to address so-called non-tariff barriers. French inflation rises to 2.1% in July as energy prices jump. "It is now time for the EU to deliver on its promises. The bloc committed under the framework agreement to ensure that its corporate sustainability due diligence directives... do not constitute unjustified restrictions on transatlantic trade," the post said. It added: "The extraterritorial provisions cast a shadow over American companies and workers, but the United States will not be the only one to suffer." The EU laws cited by
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A workshop held by Syria’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour examined the challenges posed by rising energy costs in industry, as the International Labour Organization prepared to launch a program to train about 1,000 people to work with renewable energy systems.
