While the United States’ aggressive tariff strategies continue to dominate global trade headlines, a quieter but increasingly tense economic confrontation is unfolding between China and the European Union — one that could have lasting implications for global markets, supply chains, and industrial…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump is intervening in current transatlantic trade negotiations to bolster American oil giants by pressuring the European Union to relax its landmark climate regulations—moves that threaten to weaken global environmental commitments. In recent trade discussions ahead…
One day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy priority, unveiling a battery of tariff threats that further spooked investors and raised the prospects of higher prices on…
President Donald Trump said in a social media post Friday morning that Apple will have to pay a tariff of 25% or more for iPhones made outside the United States. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold…
The European Union fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of dollars last week. The European Commission has fined Apple €500m (£429m) and Meta €200m for breaking rules on fair competition and user choice, in the first penalties issued under one of the EU’s landmark internet…
President Trump’s shake-up of the global trade system has sent tremors through the long-held view that the United States is the source of the world’s safest financial assets. That’s created an opportunity for Europe. The market tumult in which investors…
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni touches down in Washington for a meeting Thursday at the White House, the European Union, scrambling to strike a deal on trade, will be playing its Trump card. Few European leaders make a better…
President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher prices and more shortages of critical drugs. The Trump administration filed a federal notice on Monday saying that it had begun…
