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How Europe should react to the US presidential elections

How Europe should react to the US presidential elections

Regardless of the race’s outcome, the bloc’s interests don’t fully align with those of Washington, and it’s time to finally recognize this.

September 5, 2024 4:00 am CET
‘The deal man’: Some nations see Trump as the pro-trade candidate
How Kamala Harris’ platform could differ from Joe Biden’s
How Kamala Harris’ platform could differ from Joe Biden’s
Rare Trump adviser to survive the first term could be even more influential in a second.
EU snubs Hungary and Slovakia over Ukraine oil sanctions
Is Brexit Britain about to turn into Switzerland — without the fondue?
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UK ‘nowhere near’ renegotiating trade deal with EU, says David Lammy

The British foreign secretary’s comments come as leaders descend on Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire for a meeting of the European Political Community.

July 18, 2024 11:36 am CET

Keir Starmer says he wants a better Brexit trade deal

The new U.K. prime minister told Northern Ireland’s government in Belfast existing rules must be enforced before he could seek further changes.

July 8, 2024 4:26 pm CET

Macron loses clout to European free traders as he does battle at home

As Emmanuel Macron faces another election defeat, France’s hold over EU trade policy is about to loosen. Some EU countries sense an opportunity.

July 4, 2024 1:04 pm CET

The UK’s Brexit dream is dead

Sorry Boris, your Euroskeptic vision has failed in so many ways.

July 4, 2024 6:23 am CET

Germany’s Scholz blasts EU for failure to do trade deals

Berlin didn’t relinquish its powers to do trade deals in order for Brussels to do nothing, Chancellor Olaf Scholz tells lawmakers.

June 26, 2024 5:05 pm CET

China targets Morocco as launchpad into Europe’s green auto market

As Brussels gets tougher on Chinese imports, Beijing is diversifying its strategies to maintain access to key markets.

June 26, 2024 6:00 am CET

City dreams of Labour win to deliver new Brexit deal

It’s considered a ‘hanging offense,’ but could some EU countries hash out side deals with the UK on financial services?

June 25, 2024 5:00 am CET

Europe gives China a taste of its own trade medicine

Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how.

June 18, 2024 4:23 pm CET

UK farmers feared a Brexit flood of cheap Aussie beef. It hasn’t happened yet.

One year after post-Brexit trade deals with Australia and New Zealand came into force, farmers’ worst fears have yet to materialize.

May 30, 2024 7:14 pm CET

Why the Dutch will stop worrying about free trade and start to love France

Under radical right-winger Geert Wilders, the Netherlands is likely to swing behind France’s defensive trade agenda.

May 30, 2024 6:00 am CET

Europe is turning to the right: Here’s how that will impact trade policy

From how to deal with China to a possible Donald Trump return to the White House, POLITICO previews how the next European Parliament could shape EU trade policy. 

May 27, 2024 6:00 am CET

Georgia’s ruling party blasts US and EU ‘blackmail,’ vows to pass Russia-style law

Georgian Dream’s “foreign agent” bill and crackdown on protesters faces growing condemnation.

May 21, 2024 3:34 pm CET
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Watch out Brussels, Geert Wilders’ new Dutch government is coming

Far-right leader’s priorities include ripping up EU migration policy and diluting green commitments.

May 15, 2024 6:52 pm CET

US tariff smackdown on Chinese EVs leaves EU playing catch-up

Brussels insists on its own evidence-based methods, but risks ending up looking weak as a result.

May 14, 2024 3:31 pm CET

Brexit eel wars: Brussels accuses Britain of being too green

Snakey fish fight is center stage as U.K.’s new environmental measures rub the EU the wrong way.

May 8, 2024 6:20 pm CET

Europe’s farmers revel in affection despite Green Deal clash

Leading EU politicians pay devoted lip service to farmers but offer no legislation to solve their green dilemma.

April 30, 2024 6:59 pm CET

Joe Biden won’t do a trade deal with Britain, says Liz Truss

The former prime minister dismissed the chance of any trade deal happening under the incumbent president.

April 22, 2024 7:06 pm CET

The EU needs to get its trade mojo back, say Sweden and Finland  

Nordic nations urge Brussels to get on and do trade deals — and not to tie them to its environmental agenda.

April 18, 2024 3:38 pm CET

Elephants trample on German coalition’s fragile vibes

German liberal targets the Greens in making case to allow trophy-hunting imports.

April 10, 2024 6:52 pm CET
Letter from Tokyo

Japan hunkers down for Trump 2.0

The possible return of Donald Trump to the White House has bred a deep sense of insecurity among Japan’s business and political elite.

April 9, 2024 11:26 am CET

Farm trade rift puts Ukraine’s EU aspirations in limbo

If Ukraine wants to join the EU, it may have to leave its agricultural sector out in the cold.

April 8, 2024 8:58 pm CET

EU discord over Ukraine free trade spells trouble for Kyiv’s accession hopes

EU countries’ bickering over whether to grant Ukraine’s farm production another year of access to their markets could well be a taste of what’s to come if Kyiv becomes the bloc’s 28th member.

March 28, 2024 4:36 am CET

Macron bets on investments and fraternité to charm Lula in first visit to Brazil

The French president hopes to put aside differences with Brazil on trade and the war in Ukraine.

March 25, 2024 11:33 am CET

Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?

Bruised by a breakdown in talks with Canada and sluggish progress with India, Britain is setting its sights on this gold-lined pocket of the Middle East.

March 21, 2024 7:31 pm CET
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