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EU told to ‘brace’ for multibillion Trump tariffs
The Tariff Man is on track to hit hard again this summer, and it’s bad news for EU companies ranging from Dutch cheesemakers to industrial heavyweight Airbus. European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia...
View ArticleBrazil: EU and Mercosur ‘on the verge of signing’ trade deal
The EU and the South American trade bloc Mercosur are very close to finalizing their bilateral trade agreement, the presidents of Brazil and Argentina said Thursday. “We’re on the verge of signing an...
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EU’s green trade promises face rainforest reality
Europe’s credibility as a leader on climate change risks being shredded in the Amazon rainforest if Brussels concludes a landmark South American trade pact this month. Brazilian President Jair...
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Brussels’ Brexit bad cop goes global
You can’t accuse Sabine Weyand of pulling her punches. With her pointed, sometimes jovial, sometimes brusque communication style, the 55-year-old German civil servant is bulldozing her way to the top...
View ArticleCommission scrambles to defend Mercosur deal
Brussels always knew its Mercosur trade accord would be controversial. Still, the intensity of the backlash from France, Ireland and Poland has exposed the European Commission’s struggle to gain the...
View ArticleLuxembourg: US-Iran tensions risk causing ‘giant refugee wave’
Iran should refrain from pursuing its uranium enrichment plans and escalating tensions with the United States, Luxembourg’s foreign minister, Jean Asselborn said, warning that deteriorating relations...
View ArticleGermany and Italy at odds in new rescue boat stand-off
Germany has agreed to take in “some” of more than 100 people on board two rescue vessels near the Italian island of Lampedusa amid renewed tensions with Italy over who should be responsible for...
View ArticleMartin Selmayr: ‘Monster of the Berlaymont’ or committed European?
Brussels’ most powerful and controversial civil servant has just days left in office. In a bid to help German conservative Ursula von der Leyen get elected as European Commission president and calm...
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Inside Ursula von der Leyen’s inbox
It’s going to be a long, occasionally gray, at times not-so-hot, summer in Brussels for European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen. It may also get quite lonely: During parts of August...
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US ambassador calls on von der Leyen to revive trade talks
Washington is hopeful that European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen can inject new life into deadlocked transatlantic trade talks, U.S. President Donald Trump’s man in Brussels said...
View Article2 UK ministers to quit if Boris Johnson becomes PM
U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond and U.K. Justice Secretary David Gauke announced Sunday they will resign if Boris Johnson wins the Tory Party leadership contest and becomes prime minister, with Gauke...
View ArticleMSF to resume Mediterranean migrant rescue operations
The SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charities have relaunched migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, seven months after they suspended efforts using their ship Aquarius...
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Europe braces for Trump trade war
Brussels is once again bracing for U.S. tariffs. Just under a year after U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker struck a transatlantic trade armistice, there’s...
View ArticleAustralia wants post-Brexit trade deal within months or ‘even weeks’
A post-Brexit trade deal between the U.K. and Australia could be done within months or “maybe even weeks,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday — while stressing this would mean...
View ArticleFrance hits back at Trump’s ‘stupid’ wine tariff threat
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on French wine in retaliation for France’s digital services tax is “absurd” and “absolutely stupid,” the country’s agriculture minister said...
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Japan feels the pain of an ally like Trump
BIARRITZ, France — Japan handed Donald Trump a big trade win on Sunday, but did so through gritted teeth as the U.S. president pushes the most important strategic alliance in northeast Asia to its...
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POLITICO Pro Morning Trade: US-Japan deal — China-US tariff fight — Mercosur...
View in your browser or listen to audio By HANS VON DER BURCHARD with Gabby Orr SNEAK PEEK — The US and Japan have agreed a bilateral trade deal, but there are already concerns about it. — Donald...
View ArticleTrump says tariffs on French wine depend on digital tax ‘deal’
BIARRITZ, France — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that France will have to strike a deal over taxing digital giants in order to avoid tariffs on French products like wine. “Am I gonna tariff...
View ArticleTrump calls Merkel ‘brilliant woman’
BIARRITZ, France — Donald Trump on Monday praised Angela Merkel, calling her “a brilliant woman” and predicting that the long-standing German chancellor would remain in office for “a long time.” “She...
View ArticleMacron says he expects meeting with Trump and Rouhani
BIARRITZ, France — U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may meet in the next few weeks — a potentially game-changing diplomatic breakthrough — French President Emmanuel...
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