The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez is expected to to schedule the date of early parliamentary elections for April 28.
The Foreign Minister of Ireland, Simon Coveney stated on Friday that the deadline for the final decision in terms of the UK exit from the European Union should not be later than end-June.
According to Eurostat on Friday, the Eurozone trade surplus declined in 2018 against the rest of the world because of massive imports.
On Friday, European stocks rebounded after weak Chinese and US economic data briefly sent the world equity markets into a decline.
A study by Germany's Ifo institute shows that the proposed Washington 25% tariffs on cars could halve German car exports to the United States.
UK retail sales surged in January, as shoppers were attracted by clothing discounts, easing a slowdown in consumer spending before Brexit.
On Friday, the Air France CEO Pieter Elbers met with the Finance and Transport Ministers of Netherlands to discuss the company's plans to strengthen integration with its subsidiary KLM.
The British Lloyds Banking Group stated on Friday that it had selected Morgan Stanley's senior banker William Chalmers as its new CFO.
On Friday, Italian Banca Carige rebutted a report published by the La Stampa newspaper that the lender's customers had withdrawn €3B worth of deposits.
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated on Friday that trade talks with the Chinese Vice Premier Liu He had been productive.
The French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau on Friday urged the British politicians to decide as fast as possible how they would leave the European Union.
One of the British senior lawmakers Steve Baker stated on Friday that Theresa May's government would inevitably fall if she allied with the opposition Labour Party in order to push her Brexit deal.
According to industry experts, Samsung is allocating resources into its equipment business for telecom networks, thus trying to take advantage of Huawei's turbulence.
According to Goldman Sachs projection, the is a 50% chance that the British Prime Minister Theresa May would manage to ratify her Brexit deal.
According to a source familiar with the matter, China's technology conglomerate Didi plans to cut its staff by nearly 15% this year.
In response to Islamists' attack on Indian policemen, the country's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that the government would recall all trade privileges and take other diplomatic actions to "completely isolate" Pakistan.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated on Thursday that Vietnam has fully met international aviation safety standards and added that from now on its air companies are allowed to fly to the US.
The China's government will exempt 14 Brazilian companies, such as JBS and BRF, from tariffs on imports of chicken.
The Mexican manufacturing industry is expected to export less this year due to uncertainty over delayed ratification of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, global trade tensions and the effects of domestic labour strikes.
China's factory-gate inflation weakened for a seventh month in succession in January to the weakest pace since late 2016, raising concerns that the economy may see the deflation return amid cooling domestic demand.
The White House Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders stated on Thursday that the country's President Donald Trump was ready to sing a border bill in order to avoid new government shutdown.
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae stated on Thursday that they would pay $4.7B in dividends to the US government by March.
The White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow stated on Thursday that the government's two senior negotiators would met China's leader Xi Jinping tomorrow in another attempt to settle the dispute between two countries.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the European Union would give Ireland time and a certain freedom of action for conclusion of border agreement with Northern Ireland in case the UK leaves the block without a deal.