Millions of Chinese individuals and businesses have been labelled as untrustworthy on an official blacklist banning them from any number of activities, including accessing financial markets or travelling by air or train, as the use of the government’s social credit system accelerates. The annual blacklist is part of a broader effort to boost “trustworthiness” in Chinese society and is an extension... 

Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is to take charge of the Brexit negotiations with the European Parliament, where he leads the ALDE group, has said whatever deal is reached on Britain’s new trading relationship, the free movement of EU workers is a red line. Verhofstadt said that the UK should invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon as soon as possible and that the European... 

Switzerland has refused to sign a protracted deal with Croatia, initially agreed over a year ago, which would have given Croatians unrestricted access to the Swiss employment market. The Swiss say it’s not viable “in its current form”. Simultaneously, the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) has called on Switzerland’s government to quickly limit immigration to the country from Eastern Europe....