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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

Barbie dolls become new victim of Trump’s tariff war

“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” the U.S. president shrugged last week. Now prices are indeed going up.

May 6, 2025 9:53 am CET

Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs

The EU will make its pitch Tuesday, searching for momentum as sanctions stall, the U.S. equivocates and some eye a Russian fuel return.

May 6, 2025 4:22 am CET

EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts

Capitals are set to weaken rules that would require them to scrutinize foreign investments in sensitive technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, a draft document shows.

May 6, 2025 4:17 am CET

Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe

As U.S. productions flock overseas, Trump wants to target foreign moviemakers, opening a new front in the transatlantic trade war.

May 5, 2025 8:25 pm CET

It’s crunch time for the Brexit reset

British negotiators are sitting down for a week of intensive talks with their EU counterparts ahead of a looming summit.

May 5, 2025 4:22 am CET

UK is ‘compliant servant of communist China,’ Trump’s trade adviser says

“If the Chinese vampire can’t suck the American blood, it’s going to suck the U.K. blood and the EU blood,” Peter Navarro tells the Telegraph.

May 4, 2025 5:06 pm CET

UK, India wrap up latest trade talks without a deal

India’s top trade negotiator had returned to the U.K. on Friday for unscheduled negotiations in an attempt to conclude the talks.

May 3, 2025 1:14 pm CET

Trump’s tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce

Low-value packages from China will now be hit with a tariff. It’ll hurt online shoppers who have been increasingly drawn to cheap goods.

May 3, 2025 11:16 am CET

India’s trade chief returns to London as Delhi closes in on UK deal

The two countries have entered the final stages of negotiations.

May 2, 2025 6:47 pm CET

Brexit Britain to remain safe haven for sand eels

Tribunal rules U.K. ban on catching snakey fish is based on good science.

May 2, 2025 2:33 pm CET

Eurozone inflation stuck at 2.2 percent in April

The numbers are unlikely to cause any dramatic change in thinking at the European Central Bank.

May 2, 2025 11:37 am CET
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Save our Steel: Trump’s tariffs and Chinese overcapacity force governments to act

Governments the world over are racing to keep their steel industries alive. From the U.K. to France, the EU and Australia: Billions are reserved to counter global overcapacity and Donald Trump’s steep tariffs.

May 2, 2025 4:44 am CET

France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France fears U.S. President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will flood Europe with cheap goods via small parcels.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

US and Ukraine sign agreement creating investment fund

Kyiv and Washington have signed a deal to develop mineral resources after months of negotiations.

May 1, 2025 12:17 am CET

Brits’ distaste for hormone-fed beef is ‘unscientific,’ says Canadian ambassador

High Commissioner Ralph Goodale also said the 245 percent tariffs U.K. cheesemakers face in Canada is due to a “Brexit screw up.”

April 30, 2025 11:00 pm CET

Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

EU executive is planning a two-track approach of incentives and retaliatory measures to convince the White House to strike a deal.

April 30, 2025 7:55 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

China to lift sanctions on EU lawmakers to unlock trade talks

Donald Trump’s trade war is pushing China and the EU closer together despite their differences.

April 30, 2025 5:07 am CET

Trump’s tariffs could sink gas deal with Europe, top energy boss warns

EU firms want to buy more American energy — but not if it becomes pricier.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am 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

Britain suddenly gets tough on China as it craves a Trump deal

As No. 10 tries to prove to the U.S. that it’s on the same page, a string of recent policy moves send a signal to Washington.

April 29, 2025 6:57 pm CET

‘This is a hostile and political act’: White House slams Amazon amid tariff standoff

Amazon is reportedly considering listing how much tariffs are adding to the price of items.

April 29, 2025 3:45 pm CET

UK and India on cusp of striking trade deal

The two sides have completed an intensive two-day negotiating sprint in London.

April 29, 2025 3:19 pm CET
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