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    Javier Espinoza

    EU Correspondent

    Javier Espinoza is the FT’s EU correspondent covering competition and digital policy from Brussels. Prior to that he was the paper's private equity correspondent in London. He was part of the original group of reporters that formed the FT's Due Diligence newsletter in 2017.

    He was the Daily Telegraph’s education editor for two years prior to joining the Financial Times. Before joining the Telegraph in 2015, he was a multimedia reporter for the Wall Street Journal in London. He's done stints at Forbes, the Observer and other UK and international outlets. He studied journalism at City University. He is also a Political Economist having completed a second Master’s degree at King’s College London. He recently completed an executive MBA at IE Business School.

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    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      EU energy
      Brussels at odds over funding rules for nuclear power

      Divisions in 27-strong college of commissioners emerge along national lines

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      EU business regulation
      EU liberals battle big state role in plans for green economy

      Debate comes as Brussels unveils key proposals this week in subsidy race with US and China

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      European Commission
      EU opens subsidy race with US to fight exodus of green projects

      Brussels will allow members to ‘match’ multi-billion dollar incentives to move across Atlantic

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessEU tech regulation
      Data rises up the EU antitrust agenda

      Regulators believe more action is needed when reviewing mergers and acquisitions

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Personal & Household Goods
      Top four fragrance groups raided in co-ordinated antitrust probe

      Regulators in Switzerland, UK, US and EU investigate overcharging and other anti-competitive practices

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok introduces European data measures amid security concerns

      Chinese-owned social media app is facing pressure from governments worldwide

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Twitter Inc
      EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter

      Regulators are concerned that platform aims to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence to monitor content

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
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      Brussels focuses Apple probe on app restrictions

      Antitrust investigation to look at how tech giant deals with subscription information from streaming services such as Spotify

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      European Commission bans staff from using TikTok

      Employees told to uninstall Chinese-owned app from devices that use commission apps

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Amazon.com
      EU set to investigate Amazon’s $1.7bn purchase of Roomba-maker

      Regulators have privacy concerns over acquisition of iRobot in sign of growing scrutiny of Big Tech dealmaking

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
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      Europe’s Big Tech trust buster

      The FT’s Javier Espinoza explains who is leading the charge to regulate Big Tech

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Europe Express
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      Also in today’s newsletter: Apple vs Brussels, iPhone wallet edition

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      EU economy
      Brussels response to US green push falls short, says top official

      Constant changes to EU subsidy rules create confusion for businesses, says commissioner Thierry Breton

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can the EU keep up with the US on green subsidies?

      The huge incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are provoking a debate in Europe with ramifications for the entire single market

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
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      EU plans to relax curbs on tax credits in response to ‘toxic’ US subsidies

      Covid recovery funds could also be redirected under proposed loosening of state-aid rules, according to draft plan

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
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      DNA sequencing expert’s investors question acquisition of cancer testing group that has also angered EU regulators

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
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      Studies link theory and practice as social and environmental problems become more acute

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
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      France calls for ‘Made in Europe’ strategy in response to America’s Inflation Reduction Act

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Germany became Europe’s leading Big Tech trust buster

      While EU regulators slowly roll out their own enforcement mechanism, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Joint Nato-EU declaration enshrines ‘importance of the transatlantic bond’ Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: TikTok’s CEO in Brussels for some thorny conversations

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined almost €400mn over EU privacy rule violations

      Decision could also force changes to how Facebook and Instagram owner leverages user data for adverts

    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      EU tech regulation
      Amazon agrees deal with EU to end long-running data probes

      US ecommerce giant’s compliance represents win for European efforts to rein in Big Tech

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
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      Political groups are at each other’s throats over Qatargate

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Geopolitics
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      European Parliament affair threatens to ‘negatively affect’ relations although Gulf state will not curb LNG supplies, envoy says

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Climate change
      Brussels agrees details of world-first carbon border tax

      Mechanism to penalise importers for carbon emissions set to trigger criticism from foreign governments

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