U.S. President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Meloni issue Joint Statement
President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held their first official meeting on Thursday in Washington, D.C.. They…
Tracing the U.S. dollar’s role as a safe-haven currency – part V: Key findings from DeepSeek
Insight EU is actively exploring and training the capabilities of AI models by engaging them with data-driven questions of contemporary…
Tracing the U.S. dollar’s role as a safe-haven currency – part IV: Key findings from Claude
Insight EU is actively exploring and training the capabilities of AI models by engaging them with data-driven questions of contemporary…
Tracing the U.S. dollar’s role as a safe-haven currency – part III: Key findings from Google Gemini
Insight EU is actively exploring and training the capabilities of AI models by engaging them with data-driven questions of contemporary…
Tracing the U.S. dollar’s role as a safe-haven currency – part II: Key findings from ChatGPT
Insight EU is actively exploring and training the capabilities of AI models by engaging them with data-driven questions of contemporary…
Tracing the U.S. dollar’s role as a safe-haven currency – part I: Key Findings from Perplexity AI
Insight EU is actively exploring and training the capabilities of AI models by engaging them with data-driven questions of contemporary…
U.S. tariffs: EU pauses countermeasures to allow space for negotiations
The European Union has paused its countermeasures on unjustified U.S. trade tariffs to allow time and space for EU-U.S. negotiations. The…
Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing countries – UN trade body
In a new report released today (14 April 2025), UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is amping up calls that the poorest and…
President Trump exempts certain high-tech imports from China from U.S. tariffs
While reaffirming the "national emergency" declared in a prior executive order aimed at addressing the threat posed by persistent U.S.…
China raises additional tariffs to 125 percent on U.S. imports
China will raise the additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to 125 percent, effective from Saturday (April…
U.S. suspends most reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, escalates duties on China to 125%
U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed his announced executive order suspending the application of country-specific reciprocal tariffs for 90 days—except…
Trump’s new Executive Orders signal full-scale climate and environment backlash
On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping series of executive actions that mark a decisive pivot…
EU Member States back Commission proposal of trade countermeasures against the U.S.
Today, EU Member States have voted in favour of the European Commission's proposal to introduce trade countermeasures against the United…
Canada: New countermeasures against car imports from the U.S. enter into force
Canada's Minister of Finance, François-Philippe Champagne, confirmed that Canada’s new countermeasures announced last week in response to the unjustified tariffs…
Trump’s global trade war escalates: New U.S Executice Order against imports from China
President Donald J. Trump has intensified the U.S.–China trade conflict he started. In his new executive order, President Trump responds…
U.S. White House releases new policies on Federal Agency AI use and procurement
The U.S. White House is shifting to a forward-leaning, pro-innovation and pro competition mindset rather than pursuing the risk-averse approach…
China reaffirms commitment to opening up at roundtable with U.S. businesses
China's Ministry of Commerce hosted a roundtable meeting with U.S.-funded companies on Sunday, reaffirming the country's commitment to reform and…
USA and China: Main results of the EU Foreign Trade Council on 7 April 2025
In light of the recent developments, particularly the (partial) imposition of US tariffs, the ministers took this opportunity to assess…
Universal U.S. tariffs: Just a first step implementing Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago accord”?
Economists and investors are closely watching for potential shifts in U.S. financial and exchange rate policies tied to the so-called…
China to impose additional 34-percent tariffs on all U.S. imports on April 10
China will impose additional 34-percent tariffs on all products imported from the United States starting from April 10, the Customs…
Joint Statement on the Trilateral Meeting of the United States, Japan, and South Korea
U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul met in Brussels on April…
IMF Managing Director Georgieva: New U.S. tariffs pose significant risk to global outlook
While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still assessing the macroeconomic implications of the recently announced U.S. tariff measures, it…
EU politicians comment on U.S tariffs: Unjustified, illegal, and disproportionate
In response to the decision of US President Donald Trump to install 20% unjustified, illegal, and disproportionate tariffs on EU…
EP debate on European Council conclusions: Speech by Ursula von der Leyen
"In a stormy global economy, the Single Market is our safe harbour. Thirty years after Jacques Delors laid its first…
Tech as a Trump Card: Vice President Vance’s Vision at the American Dynamism Summit
At the American Dynamism Summit, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a full-throated endorsement of technological innovation as a pillar of…
WTO: Members consider China’s request to examine EU battery electric vehicle duties
At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 24 March, WTO members considered a request from China for…
Nigeria endorses the U.S. Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
Nigeria has conveyed to the United States of America its endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) following sustained engagement between the two states. The United States looks…
Dark Enlightenment: The ideology behind the Trump-Musk Administration
As Europe grapples with the evolving political landscape in the United States, the prevailing ideologies of key politicians and activists…
Data protection, consumer rights, innovation: EU Commissioner McGrath in Washington DC
EU Commissioner McGrath is set to engage in a series of high-level meetings with members of Congress, US agencies, the…
Joint press conference of President Putin with Belarusian President Lukashenko
President Putin and President Lukashenko exchanged ratification instruments for the bilateral Security Guarantees Treaty, signed in Minsk on December 6,…
NATO Secretary General to visit the United States of America
On 12-14 March 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Mark Rutte, will visit Washington D.C....
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivers keynote remarks at CERAWeek 2025
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered remarks today at the 43rd annual CERAWeek by S&P Global, outlining the administration’s…
United States objects to sustainable aviation fuels recommendation at ICAO meeting
According to the U.S. State Department, the recommendation to the ICAO Council on multi-cropping, the practice of growing two or…