The 27-member bloc outlined an ambitious policy strategy Wednesday that aims to curb the industry’s environmental impact and address labour abuses.

The deal rewards Hanoi for its progress on labour guarantees with a 99 percent reduction in tariffs, while sanctioning Phnom Penh for human rights abuses.

The country's new free trade deal with the European Union is facing issues by the growing demand for workers and the US-China trade war.

The European Union is cracking down on beauty brands’ claims that their products are 'free of' certain ingredients. That presents a challenge to clean beauty brands that base their image around the 'made without' ideology.

The rise of the Greens, the effect of a young Swedish climate activist and the entry of French President Emmanuel Macron's party into the European Parliament are likely to result in a more climate-oriented EU trade policy.