European Central Bank rates could fall faster as recession risk mounts

A global market rout induced by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs scheme has solidified the case for another ECB rate cut next week and supports arguments for even quicker...

EU prefers to talk than fight with Washington over Trump’s tariffs

European Union ministers broadly agreed on Monday to prioritise negotiations to remove tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump over retaliation even as it prepared a first set of targeted...

EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs

European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on...

Political commotion over Marine Le Pen’s conviction

A French court has convicted the far-right leader of France’s National Rally, Marine Le Pen, 56, for embezzling European Union funds to pay for her party staff, sentenced her...

Time is money but in EU, time is political too

The saying goes that time is money but in the European Union, time is political too. When clocks spring forward across the bloc on Sunday, it will not be...

Yes, Europe is changing, but old habits die hard

Daniel DePetris, Tribune News Service Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s pressing problems on the battlefield and President Donald Trump’s brazen unpredictability have done what no other combination has...

Bailing our Europe

The issues facing Europe’s ‘AI gigafactories’

The European Commission is raising $20 billion to construct four “AI gigafactories” as part of Europe’s strategy to catch up with the US and China on artificial intelligence, but...

EU hits back at US with counter-tariffs

Even as US President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, the European Union (EU) hit back with tariffs on American goods like peanuts,...

Trump metals tariffs draw swift retaliation from Canada and EU

President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on all US steel and aluminium imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favor of the US...