Meloni hosts EU–U.S. meeting on trade, Ukraine, and defence cooperation
At a trilateral meeting in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and EU Commission…
United Arab Emirates and United States unveil new 5GW AI campus in Abu Dhabi
A new, comprehensive 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi was unveiled today at Qasr Al Watan in the presence…
Audi CEO Döllner: Germany must catch up in global competition with China and the U.S.
At the "Wirtschaftstag" of the Economic Council in Berlin, Audi CEO Gernot Döllner warned of the risk that Germany could…
U.S. and China agree to temporary tariff rollback and new trade dialogue mechanism
In a rare show of cooperation, Washington and Beijing have agreed to a temporary easing of mutual tariffs and the…
White House publishes general terms for the U.S-UK Economic Prosperity Deal
U.S. President Donald J. Trump and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer committed to deliver shared prosperity for American and…
U.S .tariffs: EU Commission consults on counter-tools and readies WTO litigation
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a list of US imports which could become subject to EU countermeasures, if ongoing…
France: EU Commission approves €5bn to facilitate export of wines and spirits to the United States
The EU Commission has approved a €5 billion French re-insurance scheme for export credits to the United States. The scheme…
U.S. Homeland announces rescission of Romania’s designation into U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the U.S. Department of State, rescinded Romania’s Visa Waiver Program…
U.S.-Ukraine Agreement: Details of the Economic Partnership and Reconstruction Investment Fund
The Ukrainian Government has unveiled details of the signed Agreement on the Establishment of the U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. Ukraine's…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 21 – 26 April 2025
Insight EU offers delayed access to the headlines of our Insight EU specialized monitoring emails, typically by several days. For…
International Monetary and Financial Committee: Statement by ECB President Lagarde
According to ECB President Lagarde, the rise in trade policy uncertainty is unprecedented and is weighing on investment. Global growth…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 14 – 19 April 2025
Insight EU offers delayed access to the headlines of our Insight EU specialized monitoring emails, typically by several days. For…
Trump’s deep-sea mining push to bypass UN International Seabed Authority
President Trump’s executive order accelerates U.S. deep-sea mining, targeting critical minerals like nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements. The move…
Europe will be forged in crises – EU Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Atlantic Council
As Europe faces rising global uncertainty, EU Commissioner Dombrovskis outlines a bold vision for strengthening the EU. From defense to…
China condemns new U.S. port fees as protectionist and harmful to global trade
Chinese state new agency Xinhua (Xinhua) reported on April 22, 2025 that the United States had introduced new trade measures…
Global growth falters amid policy shifts and historic tariff surge, IMF warns
After a brief period of stabilization following years of economic shocks, the global outlook has once again darkened. Shifting policy…
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…