Angela Merkel on Trump’s G7 show: It’s ‘depressing’
BERLIN — At the end of a long weekend of rhetorical salvos over the G7 summit’s chaotic ending, German Chancellor Angela Merkel added her voice to the chorus, saying she found Donald Trump’s actions...
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Germany’s transatlantic peaceniks feel Trump trade burn
Germany’s idealistic transatlanticists have learned the hard way that they need to gird up for a trade war with Donald Trump. Over recent months, Berlin has been the main proponent of a peace deal with...
View ArticleEU retaliates against Trump’s metal tariffs
The European Commission today formally adopted the implementing regulation that will slam 25 percent tariffs on a list of American products worth €2.8 billion. The tariffs, which come as a direct...
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 ArticleEU 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...
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