US-Europe relations

NEW GLOBAL ORDER

From Thucydides to Trump: three traps the world should avoid

2026-07-27T23:00:00.000Z
Donald Trump has spent much of his first term and all of his second offending, menacing or humiliating America’s traditional partners.

Middle powers will keep ganging up against the US

2026-07-22T10:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump’s on-again off-again Operation Epic Fury against Iran has alienated all of America’s friends and allies.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why the world trusts China more than America

2026-07-22T09:50:14.000Z
Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, during the World Economic Forum’s 2026 meeting in Davos, Switzerland, described a “rupture” in the world order and called on middle powers to “act together”.

How the EU can lead the rest of the West

2026-07-07T04:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump said the new tariff would supersede any trade deals with the US, “whether implemented, signed or not”.

Trump threatens 100% tariff on any country that imposes digital services tax

2026-06-27T01:49:30.000Z
Even as the world plans for an unreliable US in everything from defence to trade, it now has to cope with a new way of being captive to the world’s biggest economy.
THE BROAD VIEW

AI has granted America vast new power

2026-06-19T23:00:00.000Z
Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi in May. India is still part of this bloc with the US, Australia and Japan, but runs its own foreign policy when its interests do not align with Washington's.

What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?

2026-06-08T08:12:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump (right) with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after a trade deal was agreed in Turnberry, Scotland in 2025.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Turnberry deal won’t fix transatlantic trade. But it’s a start

2026-06-02T08:25:12.000Z
When different tariffs are levied on similar goods originating in different countries, the price differences can significantly distort international trade patterns.

The coming vote for Europe’s soul

2026-05-24T04:00:00.000Z
The internal EU deal should bring some calm to the world’s largest trading relationship, with an annual exchange of US$2 trillion in goods and services.

EU paves way to finalise US trade deal and avoid Trump tariff hike

2026-05-20T04:02:28.000Z