US-Europe relations

EU warns that Trump’s new tariff policy breaks trade agreement

The new global levies can stay in place for as many as 150 days

US-Europe relations are at their most serious rupture in decades, perhaps even the post-war era, the writer notes.

Europe thinks through de-risking from the US

Marco Rubio’s conciliatory speech at the Munich Security Conference does little to distract from Trump’s “wrecking ball politics”

The EU's domestic economy appears to be resilient to the trade shock for now as AI-related investments and domestic consumption are kicking into higher gear.

EU trade keeps taking hits from US tariffs and Chinese competition, data shows

Its trade surplus has fallen to 12.9 billion euros in December from 13.9 billion euros in the year-ago period

Both the US and EU have become tethered to abundant, cheap Chinese minerals, giving Beijing leverage over their supply chains.

EU to offer US critical minerals partnership to check China

The partnership aims to jointly find ways to source critical minerals without relying on the Asian nation

Trump’s U-turn raises questions about how much damage has been done to transatlantic ties and business confidence.

Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as Nato asks allies to step up

The US president’s ambitions for the Danish territory have threatened to blow the alliance apart

The decision was expected after senior lawmakers from European parliament’s largest political groups proposed a delay on Saturday, following Trump’s tariff announcement.

EU freezes US trade deal approval over Greenland threats

The European parliament’s trade committee postpones the vote indefinitely

US President Donald Trump vows to place increasing tariffs on goods from six EU members and two non-EU states, until the US is allowed to buy Greenland.

Trump tariffs on six EU nations could create US customs headache

Due to extensive cross-border supply chains, it will be tough to establish the origins of the goods

The escalation in tensions is hurting US equity futures, European stocks and the US dollar on Monday, with gold, the haven Swiss franc and euro among the main beneficiaries.

How Europe could ‘weaponise’ US$10 trillion of US assets over Greenland

The most tangible reaction from the EU so far has been a proposal to halt approval of its July trade deal with America

Anti-Trump protestors in Nuuk, Greenland's capital. US President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland raises the once-unthinkable prospect that America could use its military to seize territory from Denmark – a Nato ally.

Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland

By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world