European Union

European Union gets serious as bloc seeks independence from U.S. tech such as Uber, Apple and Mastercard
With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe ...

Europe will to go after Big Tech if U.S. trade talks are not ‘satisfactory’, von der Leyen warns: ‘Never waste a good crisis’
For a brief while, it looked like U.S. tariffs on Europe would reach prohibitive levels. A 90-day pause may have ...

Europe’s pharma titans confront von der Leyen with threat to yank $113 billion from EU and relocate to U.S. as Trump plans ’major’ tariffs
Europe’s biggest pharmaceutical companies confronted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday as Donald Trump promised the imminent arrival ...

EU leaders split over hitting U.S. services sector in retaliation to Trump trade tariffs
Should the European Union target US Big Tech and services in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught? Differences on ...

European consumers will have to cope with a ‘notable adverse impact’ on growth from tariffs, Greece’s central bank governor warns
U.S. tariffs have become Europe’s biggest headache as the consequences of a brewing trade war promise to hurt the region’s ...

Ryanair caught in the crossfire as Western Sahara flights become flashpoint for Morocco-Polisario political conflict
Direct flights from two European capitals to a city in a bitterly disputed north African territory have become the latest ...

‘The world as we knew it has gone’ warns U.K. PM as tariffs threaten to upend global trade
The “world as we knew it” is over, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday, as the world braced for ...

Trump’s tariff numbers appear to have been calculated through a simple math formula, which works with every single country on the list
The Trump administration implemented widespread reciprocal tariffs on countries all over the world Wednesday in an effort to fight back ...

Trump tariffs leave Northern Ireland, and its whiskey and plane makers, at the whim of the EU
As Donald Trump and his advisors concocted a global tariff plan unleashed via placard at the White House on Wednesday ...

EU says Trump’s tariffs ‘major blow to the world economy’ but remains open to talks despite U.S. escalation
European leaders hit out Thursday against sweeping new US tariffs, with the EU saying it was ready to respond with ...