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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.

Email Javier Espinoza @javierespft  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Apple Inc
    Apple to settle ‘tap-and-go’ payments probe with EU

    Tech company willing to open mobile pay system to rivals in concessions that will help avoid antitrust fines from the bloc

    The woman touches her phone to the kiosk’s payments terminal
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Apple Inc
    Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law

    Brussels to announce iPhone maker is failing to adhere to new rules designed to open up its app store to competition

    Montage of an iphone showing the App Store against an EU flag backdrop
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    News in-depthOpenAI
    OpenAI expands lobbying team to influence regulation

    ChatGPT maker beefs up global affairs unit as politicians push for new laws that could constrain powerful AI models

    Chris Lehane, Sam Altman and Anna Makanju with OpenAI logo
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessEU tech regulation
    Microsoft feels the heat in Europe

    After a long truce with regulators in Brussels, it is facing more scrutiny

    The logo of Microsoft US multinational tecnology corporation
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    EU to target UAE buyer in first anti-subsidy probe

    European Commission will announce formal investigation into €2.2bn e& bid for telecoms assets

    Shadows of people using mobile phones over a red background with e& logos
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Climate legislation
    EU countries push to weaken greenwashing rules

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has backtracked on parts of the bloc’s climate agenda

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Technology regulation
    Big Tech’s AI dealmaking needs ‘urgent’ scrutiny, says US antitrust enforcer

    Jonathan Kanter pushes for ‘meaningful intervention’ over concentration of power in artificial intelligence sector

    Jonathan Kanter seated in his office at the US Department of Justice
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s loses in chicken ‘Big Mac’ trademark dispute

    EU court finds chain could not show genuine use of term for poultry products in clash with Irish rival

    A tray with a burger, fries and cola
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions
    Why Brussels remains sceptical on airline mergers

    Europe’s carriers face tougher scrutiny from regulators as the market starts to thrive in wake of pandemic

    A TAP flight loading
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the EU and Japan are uniting against Chinese competition Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Brussels warns major tech platforms to do more against Russian disinformation

    Kadri Simson
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Macron and Scholz’s shift on Ukraine attacking Russia matters Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: auditors assess how the EU is faring on artificial intelligence

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Meta Platforms
    EU launches probe into Meta over social media addiction in children

    Facebook and Instagram owner to be investigated on whether it does enough to protect mental health of young users

    A young person using a smartphone while in bed
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    AI start-ups take aim at climate change

    Specialised applications can bring big benefits, but entrepreneurs also point to the technology’s limitations

    A passive acoustic monitoring buoy at a far distance from an offshore wind farm
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Global trade
    Chinese solar groups pull out of tender after EU anti-subsidy probe

    Two bidders for Romanian photovoltaic park withdraw a month after Brussels launched investigation

    An employee works on the production line of solar cells for export at a workshop in Huzhou
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft set to face EU competition charges over Teams software

    Tech group’s effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed

    A person walks past Microsoft signage at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Brussels seeks to ban Russian funding of European politicians

    Proposed latest sanctions aim to weaken Putin’s war effort in Ukraine and Moscow’s disinformation campaigns

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  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    European companies
    Ericsson chief says overregulation ‘driving Europe to irrelevance’

    Continent ‘at risk of falling behind’ on digital infrastructure, undermining its competitiveness

    Börje Ekholm
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Meta Platforms
    EU to probe Meta over handling of Russian disinformation

    Regulators set to express concern over insufficient moderation of political ads that risk undermining electoral process

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why grim geopolitics kept EU leaders busy over dinner Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Competition hawks fret over Enrico Letta’s plans for EU merger rules

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, with EU Council president Charles Michel
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Pablo Escobar
    ‘Pablo Escobar’ cannot be registered as a trademark, EU court rules

    Registering name of dead Colombian drug kingpin would flout ‘fundamental values and moral standards’

    Pablo Escobar
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Mondelez International Inc
    EU set to fine Oreo maker Mondelez for blocking cross-border sales

    Probe finds snack maker tried to prevent products moving between countries so consumers could get lower prices

    Stamped Oreo biscuit components move along a conveyor belt
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    EU capital markets union
    EU leaders set to revive capital markets union plan in search for defence funding

    Rearmament and green transition prompt rethink of long-stalled integration of Europe’s financial markets

    A Foxhound protected patrol vehicle on exercises
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    EU court rules in favour of Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven in blow to sanctions regime

    Judgment finds insufficient evidence that billionaires had undermined Ukraine

    Montage of images of Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Inside BusinessEU tech regulation
    Why Big Tech fines do not work

    Critics argue that penalties are just seen as part of the cost of doing business

    The Apple logo inside a building, seen through the branches of a tree
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU migration pact reaches denouement Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: can social media influencers help protect EU elections?

    Italian police observe as irregular migrants disembark from a ship in Sicily
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