The bloc ignores the wishes of its major electric car producers and prepares to impose extra duties on Chinese imports, arguing they threaten "economic injury".
Sky's Ian King explains how the signs for growth in the months ahead are looking up, particularly as the Bank of England is set to ease its squeeze on consumer spending within months.
Fresh from his threat to ban Apple devices at his companies if they adopt AI functionality such as ChatGPT, Elon Musk looks to drop his lawsuit against Open AI as legal pressures elsewhere intensify.