EU trade boss Malmström says America is not enemy territory
Despite signs that Europe’s tariff war with Washington is poised to worsen in the weeks ahead, the EU’s outgoing trade chief wants to reassure her successor that he will find significant allies in the...
View ArticleUS and EU eye low-hanging-fruit trade deal
U.S.-EU trade talks are suddenly going full steam ahead again — but they won’t rapidly turn into anything as ambitious as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership that hit the rocks in 2016....
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EU turns to alchemy to conjure up trade deal with Trump
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is stepping onto very thin ice if she presses ahead with a mini trade deal that she has targeted with the U.S. in the next few weeks. There are...
View ArticleEU ambassador to London shrugs off Brexit deal threat from US
LONDON — Brussels is not breaking a sweat over U.K. trade negotiations with the U.S. At least not according to the new EU ambassador to London. “I don’t feel any pressure,” João Vale de Almeida told...
View ArticleFormer ambassador urges US voters to dump ‘Benito’ Trump
Bella ciao, Donald Trump — or at least that’s what the former U.S. ambassador to the EU, Anthony Gardner, is hoping American voters decide in November. In a live interview with Jack Blanchard, the...
View ArticleQ&A: German leadership candidate Armin Laschet
As part of a series on the race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig spoke to Armin Laschet, premier of the state of North...
View ArticleEU keeps its shield up in the US trade war
Europe wants to reset trade relations with incoming U.S. President Joe Biden but is not laying down arms just yet. Indeed, the first major EU action after Biden’s victory has been to slam higher...
View ArticleVon der Leyen: Biden win means new partnership with US
Let’s be friends again. That was the message from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen who on Tuesday called on the EU to “take the initiative” in building a renewed relationship with...
View ArticleEU seeks anti-China alliance on tech with Biden
Europe on Monday proposed teaming up with incoming U.S. President Joe Biden to squeeze China out of the global technology trade. Exhausted by four years of trade tensions on two fronts, fighting...
View ArticleMalmström urges ‘male-dominated’ OECD to do better on gender
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has a “very male-dominated” leadership and must help women “access higher posts,” Cecilia Malmström, the former EU trade commissioner running...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson will shift some production outside the US to avoid tariffs
Harley-Davidson, the legendary producer of all-American motorbikes, said Monday it will shift some of its production outside the U.S. to avoid tariffs the EU has imposed on U.S. exports in response to...
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Brussels to Trump: We’re not backing down on trade
In the escalating trade war with the U.S., Brussels has a clear message for Donald Trump: It’s not backing down. The U.S. president, under increasing pressure from members of his Republican party to...
View ArticleTrump: EU leaders seeking trade talks to avoid car tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said his threat to impose a 20 percent tariff on European automobiles has persuaded European Union leaders to seek trade talks with the United States,...
View ArticleJuncker is set to meet Trump on July 25
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is pencilled in to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 25 in Washington to talk trade, three sources familiar with the trip said. Germany...
View ArticleMichel Barnier expresses hope for new trade talks with US
WASHINGTON — A top EU official on Wednesday said he hopes the United States and European Union could resume talks this year on a bilateral free trade agreement, despite a transatlantic trade fight over...
View ArticleJuncker bringing 2 trade ideas for discussion with Trump
WASHINGTON — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will present two ideas for reducing trans-Atlantic trade tensions when he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, but any...
View ArticleEU says it is willing to scrap car tariffs in US trade deal
Brussels is willing to scrap tariffs on all industrial products, including cars, in its trade talks with the United States, EU trade chief Cecilia Malmström said Thursday. “We said that we are ready...
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Juncker and Trump’s trade truce falters
Europe’s fragile peace deal with the U.S. on trade is at breaking point. Washington is again threatening high tariffs on Europe’s all-important car industry just as U.S. President Donald Trump is...
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POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2018
It was the year of Trump vs. the world. From his breakup with one-time bestie Emmanuel Macron, to his animosity toward long-time foe Angela Merkel, China and even Queen Elizabeth II, the increasingly...
View ArticleOettinger: China is the ‘biggest winner’ from EU’s Brexit ‘paralysis’
The Brexit deadlock has paralyzed Europe and bolstered China, European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger said. In an interview with Die Welt published Monday, Oettinger said the prolonged...
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How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU
BERLIN — Martin Selmayr was on a mission. The European Parliament election was still nine months off, but across the Continent populist forces were already roiling the political debate. Selmayr, who as...
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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 Article‘Very difficult’ for UK and US to strike post-Brexit deal, says ex-UK trade...
LONDON — It will be “very difficult”for Downing Street to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump after Brexit, a former U.K. trade minister has warned. Francis Maude, who served as both a Cabinet Office...
View ArticleEurope’s glory days of trade deals are over
Striking trade deals is only getting tougher for the EU. Under previous European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Brussels’ trade negotiators were on a deal-making roll, concluding or signing...
View ArticleTransatlantic trade deal rises from the grave to fight China
Activists may have thought the politically explosive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between Europe and America were dead and buried. But one of the most important...
View ArticleHow UK trade went woke
LONDON — Welcome to the new era of woke trade. New U.K. deals will reduce tariffs, ease the flow of data across borders and … improve gender rights. Sexism is just one of the social issues cropping...
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Brussels launches power grab to fast-track EU trade deals
Brussels wants greater powers to push EU trade deals over the finish line without having to consult almost 40 national and regional parliaments, seeking to deliver a shot in the arm to the bloc’s...
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France plays bad cop as transatlantic trade tensions ramp up
PARIS — U.S. President Joe Biden needs to watch out; France is resuming its traditional role as Europe’s troublemaker on the transatlantic trade front. It had seemed like the bad blood between...
View ArticleGermany wants new trade talks with US after midterm elections
The German government wants the EU to enter swiftly into renewed trade talks with the U.S. following the midterm elections on Tuesday, a spokesperson said Monday. “There is a desire to have...
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Brussels tells Scholz not to revive ghost of TTIP
The specter of a trade war with the U.S. is spooking European leaders — but officials on both sides of the Atlantic recoiled at one nightmarish solution put forward by Olaf Scholz. A spokesperson for...
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How Europe should react to the US presidential elections
Jörg Rocholl is the president of the European School of Management and Technology, Berlin. Too close to call and too difficult to predict. Even with two months to go until the U.S. presidential...
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