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US still pushing to scrap UK’s tech tax

US still pushing to scrap UK’s tech tax

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said digital services taxes have spread like a “bad virus.”

May 9, 2025 7:38 am CET
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Trump unveils UK trade deal

Trump unveils UK trade deal

May 8, 2025 12:42 pm CET
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What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

From tariffs to visas and services, we talk through the key concessions in the long-awaited agreement, as well as the big unanswered questions.

May 6, 2025 8:00 pm CET

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

The European Commission is looking at imposing retaliatory tariffs should talks fail with the Trump administration. 

May 6, 2025 2:49 pm CET

Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns

U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.

May 6, 2025 10:12 am CET

Poland’s Duda tells Trump to force Putin ‘to make peace’

Polish President Andrzej Duda wants Trump to use harsh sanctions measures to compel Putin to negotiate.

May 5, 2025 10:22 pm CET

Who handles trade in the EU? The US isn’t sure.

Even after several visits by EU officials to Washington to discuss trade, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he doesn’t know who to talk to on the Brussels side to hash out a deal.

April 30, 2025 6:03 pm CET

Von der Leyen slams Trump: We don’t punish neighbors

Commission president criticizes the American leader’s trade war, approach to other countries and targeting of universities.

April 29, 2025 7:27 pm CET

India blinks on visas to pave way for UK trade deal

The new rules will lead to around 100 new visas for Indian workers each year, a U.K. official told POLITICO.

April 28, 2025 4:46 am CET

Von der Leyen, Trump to meet after brief chat at pope’s funeral

The two chatted on the margins of the memorial for Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday.

April 26, 2025 4:32 pm CET

​​UK open to cutting tariffs to land a Trump trade deal

U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is meeting her counterpart Scott Bessent in Washington this week.

April 23, 2025 3:20 pm CET

Trump’s trade war will have ‘profound impact’ on UK economy, says Reeves

The U.K. chancellor is in Washington this week for talks with finance ministers including U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

April 22, 2025 11:00 pm CET

Trump’s tariff war empowers Europe’s free traders

Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.

April 22, 2025 4:20 am CET

ECB slashes rates again as desperation mounts over trade war impact

But the seventh consecutive cut may still not be enough to revive European economic fortunes.

April 17, 2025 2:16 pm CET
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Amid Trump’s tariff war, Germany’s next leader keeps faith in free trade

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be done.

April 17, 2025 6:00 am CET

EU calls on Trump to engage in ‘two-way street’ on tariffs

“Now, it is necessary for the U.S. to define its position,” says EU trade negotiator after talks in Washington.

April 15, 2025 12:17 pm CET

US to launch probe that could trigger semiconductor tariffs

The investigation could lead to new tariffs on semiconductors in a move that would have sweeping implications for Asian countries and the tech sector.

April 13, 2025 6:52 pm CET

EU trade boss heads to Washington amid tariff pause

European Commission reiterates zero-for-zero tariff offer following Trump’s stunning U-turn on import duties.

April 11, 2025 1:02 pm CET

Xi wants EU-China tag team to resist Trump’s trade onslaught

Chinese leader met Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, who also promoted closer ties with Beijing.

April 11, 2025 11:50 am CET

China ramps up US tariffs to 125 percent in new salvo against Trump

The White House risks becoming a historical “joke,” Beijing warns.

April 11, 2025 10:40 am CET

Macron says Trump tariff suspension is ‘fragile’

French president says the door is open for negotiations, but Europe must still be ready to defend itself.

April 11, 2025 10:04 am CET

EU channels inner ‘Buddha’ as it reels from White House shocks

Finance ministers gathering in Warsaw will discuss tariffs and rearmament.

April 11, 2025 4:45 am CET

EU to Trump on tariffs: We’ll retaliate when we’re ready, not when you tweet

Brussels suspended its countermeasures against the U.S. president’s steel and aluminum tariffs before they even took effect. Now the two sides have 90 days to do a deal.

April 11, 2025 4:44 am CET

Trump tariffs: What just happened ― and what’s Europe’s gameplan?

It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all yippy.

April 11, 2025 4:42 am CET

EU delays metal tariffs retaliation as Trump targets China

Pause buys time for Brussels to negotiate a deal with the US.

April 10, 2025 12:29 pm CET

Trump hits pause on trade war

China tariffs will go up to 125 percent while other countries get a 90-day reprieve.

April 9, 2025 7:41 pm CET
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