Schulz vows to fight ‘until last minute’ in German campaign
AACHEN, Germany — Martin Schulz, the main challenger to Angela Merkel, vowed on the eve of Sunday’s German election to “fight until the last minute” as polls predicted a historic defeat for his Social...
View ArticleSpain tries to exert control over Catalan police
Spain’s government on Saturday announced measures to exert more control over police forces in Catalonia in its latest move to stop an independence referendum scheduled for October 1. Diego Pérez de los...
View ArticleFrance’s Mélenchon pledges ‘casserole protest’ over labor reform
French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon told tens of thousands of supporters Saturday that the battle against Emmanuel Macron’s labor reforms was not over, even though the president signed them into...
View ArticleMerkel insists she’s open to coalition talks with Social Democrats
Angela Merkel said Monday she is open to coalition talks with all of Germany’s mainstream parliamentary parties — including the Social Democrats (SPD), despite the fact that they ruled out another...
View ArticleUS rounds on Britain over food quotas as post-Brexit trade woes deepen
The U.S. and other international trade heavyweights have dashed Prime Minister Theresa May’s hopes of a smooth Brexit by rejecting one of her core plans for reintegrating into global trade networks....
View ArticleTheresa May’s second lesson in post-Brexit trade realpolitik
London just got another lesson in post-Brexit trade realpolitik. A week after U.S. President Donald Trump ignored all appeals by Prime Minister Theresa May to block the imposition of a hefty 219...
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EU trade, the Martin Selmayr way
In a behind-the-scenes struggle over free trade playing out in Brussels, Martin Selmayr got his way — yet again, as his admirers and detractors might say. The powerful chief of staff to President...
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Brexit blockbuster: 6 things we learned from UK committees
LONDON — As Theresa May’s minority government appears to diminish in strength with each passing week, so the power of the U.K. parliament appears to be on the ascent. Wednesday was a bumper day for...
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From Geneva to Doha and Buenos Aires: Trade talk milestones
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Memories of dramatic late-night negotiations, painful setbacks and sometimes surprising successes will be on the minds of trade ministers from 164 World Trade Organization...
View ArticleEU and Mexico miss breakthrough in high-level trade talks
High-level talks between the EU and Mexico this week failed to reach their goal of striking a political agreement on closing large parts of trade negotiations before the year’s end, two EU officials...
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EU takes billion-euro battle to Russia
Brussels is ratcheting up pressure on Russia in a tit-for-tat sanctions battle that has raged since the early days of the Ukraine crisis in 2014. The European Union is now pressing to claw back €1.4...
View ArticleInvestment court poses crucial test for trade leadership
Europe’s attempt to create a new court system for resolving investment disputes promises to be one of the most grueling policy battles of the year. While President Donald Trump is rapidly surrendering...
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EU races against the clock to seal beef-for-cars trade deal
It’s crunch time for the EU to strike what would be its biggest trade deal — an accord with the Mercosur bloc in South America that has eluded it for the past 20 years. Brazil’s election campaign kicks...
View ArticleEU ready to ‘react swiftly and appropriately’ to Trump’s trade threats
The European Commission today said it was ready to retaliate against potential trade crackdowns imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. “For us trade policy is not a zero-sum game, it is not about...
View ArticleEU trade partners demand concessions for Brexit transition rollover
Key global trade partners want concessions from Britain if the U.K. is to retain the same benefits it currently enjoys under EU trade deals during a post-Brexit transition period. U.K. Brexit Secretary...
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The great ‘Made in Britain’ delusion
The U.K.’s ambition to chart its own course as a trade champion outside the EU is facing a brutal reality check: Not enough of its exports are actually “Made in Britain.” After Brexit, Britain’s big...
View ArticleEU’s Katainen warns Trump against ‘global trade war’ on two fronts
European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen warned today that U.S. President Donald Trump could trigger “a global trade war” by blocking imports of steel and aluminum. If Trump goes ahead with...
View ArticleEurope digs in to fight global trade war against Trump
Europe is facing an all-out trade war, and Donald Trump is not the only adversary. By slapping steep tariffs on America’s imports of steel and aluminum, the U.S. president on Thursday ignited a global...
View ArticleEU seeks to hit back at €3 billion of US exports from bourbon to jeans
The EU is poised to hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel imports by rolling out countermeasures against €2.8 billion-worth of U.S. exports including Levi’s jeans,...
View ArticleEU’s anti-Trump hit list: Everything including the kitchen sink
The EU is set to hit a wide range of American products — ranging from yachts to peanut butter — with duties of 25 percent to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports of steel and...
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