The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will donate 5.5 million euros ($6.2 million) to support Radio Free Europe following a freeze on U.S. federal grants to the media outlet by the Trump administration, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.

Rights groups say the 'safe third country' plans unveiled Tuesday contravene EU values and will burden poorer nations.

The European Union says it plans to charge a handling fee for low-value packages in a move that could pose a new threat to bargain retailers such as China-founded Shein and Temu. EU Trade Commissioner

The leaders of France and Germany have called on the European Union to scrap its new supply chain audit law, worried that it could hurt the bloc's ability to compete economically with the U.S. and China.

The Conservative leader describes the prime minister's "hat-trick of deals" with the EU, the US and India as "own goals".