US-Europe relations

Are Asia and Europe at ‘Trump tipping points’?

Developments in Greenland and Iran have fed into a wider reassessment of US power in key Asian and European nations

A garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City. Targets of the US probes include Vietnam, which had the largest trade surplus with the US in January.

US tariff turmoil: Will partners in Asia and Europe break away from their 2025 deals?

For economies already hit by the war in Iran, America’s new ‘unfair trade practices probes’ spell only more trouble

The new cumulative rate means some goods would be above the 15% ceiling that the EU and US agreed to in their trade deal.

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