Caroline Hug

London

Trade Reporter at POLITICO Europe

Trade Reporter @POLITICOEurope

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Articles

Nigel Farage surges with Gen Z women

1 day ago | politico.eu | Caroline Hug

LONDON — Reform UK is winning over Gen Z women, a demographic that the right-wing populist party has struggled to attract in the past. The party’s vote share among women aged 18 to 26 shot up in May — jumping from 12 percent to 21 percent after nationwide local elections, according to polling for the More in Common think tank shared with POLITICO. Most of the new recruits seem to have defected from the Conservative Party, according to the data.
UK and EU ready for drawn-out battle on defense deal

1 week ago | politico.eu | Esther Webber |Caroline Hug

LONDON — The EU wants to work more closely with the U.K. on defense. That doesn’t mean the bloc is going to make it easy for the Brits. In London last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appeared alongside a smiling Keir Starmer to unveil a wide-ranging deal as part of the British leader's mission to “reset” relations with the EU.
UK accused of undermining WTO rules with US trade deal

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Caroline Hug |Jakob Weizman

LONDON — The United Kingdom has been accused of undermining World Trade Organization rules through its trade pact with the United States, potentially straining Britain’s “reset” with the European Union. Washington struck an agreement with Britain earlier this month to reduce tariffs on U.K. auto and steel exports and to increase reciprocal market access on beef, while also leaving the door open for further deals in areas like pharmaceuticals.
Nigel Farage will haunt Keir Starmer’s big Brexit summit

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Stefan Boscia |Emilio Casalicchio |Caroline Hug

LONDON — When Keir Starmer sits down with European Union leaders at his big Brexit summit on Monday, there'll be a ghost at the feast: Nigel Farage. Britain's prime minister wants to reset relations with the EU and walk back some of the harder edges of the Brexit settlement. On Monday, he's hoping to finally break ground on the first phase of a deal. But Starmer looks set to spend the meeting looking over his shoulder for the Euroskeptic populist whose party is surging in the polls.
Britain needs a labor shortage, not EU youth mobility, says Farage’s deputy

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Caroline Hug

LONDON — The British economy needs a "labor shortage” in order get people off their “backsides” and into jobs, Reform UK’s deputy leader said Thursday. In an interview with POLITICO ahead of next week's much-hyped EU-U.K. reset summit, Richard Tice rubbished the idea of greater youth mobility between the bloc and the U.K. — and warned of a “sell out” of British interests by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
What is (and isn’t) included in the UK-US trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Caroline Hug

LONDON — It’s not exactly the full-fat free trade agreement with the U.S. that the U.K. envisioned after Brexit. But given the circumstances, it will bring some relief to British industry. On Thursday Britain’s Labour government earned itself fresh bragging rights when it secured an economic agreement with the U.S., a mere days after sealing a much-anticipated — if controversial — free trade deal with India.
What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Caroline Hug |Graham Lanktree |Sophie Inge

LONDON — The fifteenth time’s a charm, it would seem. After a series of false starts, missed Diwali deadlines and changes of government, the U.K. and India have finally put their differences aside to strike a free trade agreement. But the final pact — with some details set out Tuesday — is far from what negotiators imagined when they launched the talks back in 2022, with compromises made on both sides.
Wielka Brytania zarzekała się, że nie wybierze między Trumpem a Xi. Ostatnie ruchy świadczą o czym innym. "Chińska ambasada wpadła w furię"

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Caroline Hug

Wielka Brytania przyjmuje "spokojne i stabilne podejście w celu zapewnienia wzrostu gospodarczego i handlu międzynarodowego" — powiedział we wtorek rzecznik rządu. "Pragmatyczne stosunki Wielkiej Brytanii z Chinami zawsze będą oparte na interesach ludzi pracy w Wielkiej Brytanii". Chiny znalazły sposób na wykiwanie świata. Pekin chce wykorzystać Europę.
Britain’s suddenly getting tough on China as it craves a Trump trade deal

1 month ago | politico.eu | Caroline Hug

LONDON — Britain insisted it would never be forced to choose between the U.S. and China. But as ministers hustle for a carve-out from Donald Trump's tariffs, a string of policy moves suggest the country is starting to pick a side. The U.K. is taking a “calm and steady approach to secure growth and international trade," a government spokesperson said Tuesday.
Britain’s MPs vote to take control of British Steel

1 month ago | politico.eu | Caroline Hug

LONDON — British MPs have approved emergency legislation empowering ministers to place British Steel under state control. The dramatic intervention — interrupting the parliament's Easter recess — followed a tense standoff with Chinese firm Jingye, British Steel’s parent company. Jingye had threatened to shut its operations in the northern English industrial town Scunthorpe, resisting an offer to stock the site with the raw materials needed to keep the furnaces running.