While finalising the adoption of the EU countermeasures that saw strong support from the EU Member States, the EU Commission will put its countermeasures “on hold for 90 days”. If negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in. Preparatory work on further countermeasures continues.
During and after the Washington meetings, Dmitriev gave an interview to Fox News in which he described the talks at the White House as having a “positive outcome” and hinted at a significant shift in Moscow’s position.
According to the influential European business association, the unilateral US decision to impose additional tariffs on all major US trading partners could trigger retaliatory measures that will further disrupt global supply chains and undermine confidence in global trade, without delivering meaningful benefits to either side.
The US administration announced the imposition of a 20% tariff on most imports from the EU. In response, the EU indicated it is preparing for further countermeasures if no negotiated solution is found. AmCham EU is concerned that these measures will create damaging ripple effects across all sectors: “Tariffs are harmful taxes on imports that increase costs for consumers and businesses.”
“Following the decision by the U.S. Administration to impose across-the-board tariffs on European Union goods, the EU will respond in a calm, carefully phased, and above all, unified way, as we calibrate our response. We will not shoot from the hip – we want to give negotiations every chance to succeed to find a fair deal, to the benefit of both sides” – EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič.
On 3 April, the EU Foreign Affairs Council met in its Defence configuration at the Warsaw Citadel to discuss the rearmament of Europe and support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. EU ministers also debated the European Commission’s White Paper on European Defence. Explore the details discussed in Warsaw.
“As we speak right now, the United States is as active in NATO as it has ever been. And some of this hysteria and hyperbole that I see in the global media and some domestic media in the United States about NATO is unwarranted. President Trump has made clear he supports NATO; we’re going to remain in NATO” – U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio.
The tariffs announced by U.S. President Trump would cause significant damage to the German economy. According to initial calculations by the ifo Institute, the new tariffs would reduce Germany’s GDP by 0.3 percent this year. Key sectors such as automotive and mechanical engineering would be particularly affected. “Since the German economy is already stagnating, it is possible that the U.S. tariffs could push economic growth in Germany below zero,” said
In response to the decision of US President Donald Trump to install 20% unjustified, illegal, and disproportionate tariffs on EU exports, EU politicians urge the European Commission to take legal, legitimate, and decisive action to maximise pressure on the US and defend European interests.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariff measures during a White House Rose Garden ceremony on April 2, 2025, an event he has designated as “Liberation Day.” Explore the documents and the details of his trade policy.
Vladimir Putin signed an Order “On a Special Decision on the Execution of Transactions by Balchug Capital Closed Joint Stock Company”. He permits Balchug Capital to acquire shares owned by Goldman Sachs International. These include ordinary and preferred shares in Inter RAO UES, Gazprom, Rostelecom, NOVATEK, Surgutneftegas, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Tatneft, LUKOIL, and Rosneft.
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that began at 7pm ET Monday evening and lasted until Tuesday night. In 25 hours and 5 minutes, Senator Booker spoke about the stories of Americans who are being “harmed by the Trump Administration’s reckless actions, attempts to undermine our institutions, and disregard for the rule of law”.
US President Donald Trump proposed implementing “reciprocal tariffs”, under which the United States would raise import tariffs to match those imposed by its trading partners, further undermining the multilateral rules-based system. In this policy brief, Germany’s ifo Institute explores the implications of this policy for the European and German economy.
“In a stormy global economy, the Single Market is our safe harbour. Thirty years after Jacques Delors laid its first stone, it is time to finish the job” – EU Commission President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order establishing the “United States Investment Accelerator”. The Order establishes an office within the Department of Commerce, meant to facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the United States.
AtmoSense, which began in late 2020, set out to understand the fundamentals of energy propagation from the Earth’s surface to the ionosphere to determine whether the atmosphere can be used as a sensor. AtmoSense aimed to measure acoustic and electromagnetic waves propagating through the atmosphere to see if they could provide clues about the nature, location, and size of a disturbance event that occurred on Earth.
Modern warfare has entered into an era of mass precision, where forces can achieve the effects of massed firepower through distributed, AI-enabled, and highly accurate weapons systems. Ukraine’s innovative use of drone swarms and precision strikes against Russian forces has demonstrated this shift. China and the US are also leveraging mass precision to reshape the battlefield. How should Europe respond?
Paris, 31 March 2025 Also available in: français Research and experimental development (R&D) expenditure in the
At the American Dynamism Summit, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a full-throated endorsement of technological innovation as a pillar of American economic revival, signaling a strong alliance between the Trump administration and the startup and venture capital community. He began by contrasting the current administration’s pro-innovation stance with what he called the regulatory inertia of the Biden years, stressing the need to embrace technologies like artificial intelligence with ambition rather
The EU Commission has confirmed the outcome of the 2nd mid-term round for joint gas purchasing under AggregateEU. The figures show that the round aggregated 29 billion cubic meters (bcm) of demand for gas from European companies, while reliable international and European suppliers offered almost 31 bcm of gas to European buyers.
While U.S. President Donald Trump announced punitive import tariffs on European cars and car parts, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) chose a more constructive path—publishing a position paper on March 26, 2025, outlining how to modernize customs systems in the age of e-commerce. Explore the takeaways of the position paper.
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