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EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff

As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.

April 7, 2025 9:22 pm CET

Dutch government plans to screen scientists for national security risks

“Knowledge is power,” minister says as Netherlands moves to counter espionage threat.

April 7, 2025 7:43 pm CET

Huawei fires 2 staffers in response to corruption scandal

Chinese tech giant is at the center of Belgian investigation into wrongdoing.

April 7, 2025 1:54 pm CET

Musk slammed for ‘double standard’ in Turkey as X shuts down dissidents’ accounts

Social media platforms are targets in President Erdoğan’s crackdown on anti-government protests.

April 7, 2025 11:04 am CET

Ukraine is stuck with Musk’s Starlink for now

Key competitor Eutelsat won’t break Starlink’s grip on Kyiv’s wartime communications overnight.

April 7, 2025 4:11 am CET

Brussels could hit Big Tech in trade spat. But how?

Digital services could be Washington’s Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.

April 7, 2025 4:08 am CET

France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs

France is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.

April 6, 2025 2:48 pm CET

Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks

Gen. Timothy Haugh’s firing as head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command has left lawmakers worried about the future of the nation’s cyber defenses.

April 5, 2025 12:55 pm CET

Trump punts on TikTok deal — app gets another 75 days

After promising a deal this week, the president said he needs more time to arrange a sale that prevents a TikTok ban in the United States.

April 5, 2025 10:48 am CET

Huawei corruption probe: 8 charged

Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.

April 4, 2025 8:14 pm CET

Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in

The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.

April 4, 2025 4:19 am CET

Will Big Tech actually benefit from Trump’s trade war?

Trump’s global trade war could offer some upside to Silicon Valley, as trade partners with tough tech laws look for tariff relief.

April 3, 2025 9:49 pm CET
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Macron calls on EU companies to freeze investments in US

French president says Europe shouldn’t invest in America “for some time until we have clarified things.”

April 3, 2025 6:23 pm CET

German leaders push for tough response to Trump tariffs in hope of détente later

Germany’s leaders still hold out hope that a free-trade agreement could follow Trump’s tariff “mania.”

April 3, 2025 12:51 pm CET

EU ‘prepared’ to retaliate against Trump’s 20 percent tariffs

“We are now preparing for further countermeasures,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

April 3, 2025 5:46 am CET

Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU’s crusade against overregulation.

April 3, 2025 4:18 am CET

Tesla lurches as Musk hits the gas for Trump

Dreadful sales numbers are just the latest sign of the EV manufacturer’s “crisis tornado.”

April 2, 2025 8:54 pm CET

Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

The EU is set to fine Apple and Meta for rule breaches in the coming days.

April 2, 2025 7:27 pm CET

Huawei, Forum Europe staff face Belgian court hearings over corruption charges

Three Huawei employees and a managing director from Brussels conference organizer Forum Europe were represented in court.

April 2, 2025 7:13 pm CET

Trump tells inner circle that Musk will leave soon

The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.

April 2, 2025 5:50 pm CET

EU to bundle response to Trump’s tariffs

Brussels is poised to retaliate after the U.S. president’s announcement, which is expected to contain double-digit American tariffs on all EU exports.

April 2, 2025 1:40 pm CET

Meta faces ‘substantial’ fine for not complying with Turkey’s gag orders

Turkish authorities are cracking down on online speech amid massive civil unrest.

April 1, 2025 7:50 pm CET

We needed something more concrete on Huawei, says EU anti-fraud chief

OLAF chief Ville Itälä defends his agency’s handling of a tip on Huawei, now under investigation in Belgium.

April 1, 2025 6:51 pm CET

EU wants to beef up border agency to 30,000 staffers

European Commission proposal would increase force of EU border patrols under Frontex.

April 1, 2025 4:33 pm CET
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