Oil ships begin moving through Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran truce takes shape
Washington and Tehran reached a preliminary agreement on June 14 to halt hostilities and reopen the waterway.
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Brussels welcomes US-Iran deal and presses for toll-free reopening of Hormuz
Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Kaja Kallas backed the deal.
US to press ahead with Iran talks despite Israeli objections
The vice president stressed that the central US aim was to ensure Iran never obtained nuclear weapons.
European firms flee Cuba as US sanctions deadline bites
A wave of departures and suspended operations in recent weeks suggested the warning had worked.
Iran and US closer to Hormuz deal despite fresh strikes
European countries are also preparing to take part in the demining of the strategic waterway.
EU accepts Trump tariff pact with conditions and dodges latest threat
The compromise covers two regulations applying the EU tariff reductions set out in the EU-US Joint Statement.
French state ditches US tech over data-grab fears
France is "reducing the state's extra-European digital dependencies" with its latest move to switch from Windows to Linux's operating system on ministries' workstations.
Iran: EU welcomes ceasefire
Following the agreement between the US and Iran on a ceasefire and the safe transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, European leaders and Iranian opposition…
US tradition of respecting European leaders in danger of being squandered
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Polish opposition calls on US to offer Poland defence loan as alternative to EU proposal
The Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS) have called on the current US Republican administration to propose an attractive loan offer for the country to purchase…
Europe’s peace plan oozes with reliance on the US
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Incompetent technocracy: The EU miscalculated on Google
The European Commission has not had the best year. It started off with the man they all hoped would go away, Donald Trump, returning to the American presidency.
Addressing DMA and DSA issues would aid EU and US, say tech players
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US lawmakers pressure Ireland over its ‘anti-Israel’ trade ban
A group of 16 Republican lawmakers in the US Congress, led by Representative Claudia Tenney, have put pressure on Ireland over its proposed Occupied Territories…
In trade as in defence, the US is strong and the EU is weak
The new US-EU trade deal has spawned a legion of critics who allege European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen cravenly capitulated in the face of American…
US flattens EU: Brussels is too weak to be a pole in a multipolar world
The trade deal on July 27 between America and the European Union was disastrous for Europe. The Financial Times described it as “the EU to Trump’s steamroller.
Investors hope for EU-US deal after Japan secures concessions
Markets have rallied because investors said they believed the European Union may now get a Japan-style deal with the US — after Tokyo secured major concessions…
US sanctions four ICC judges over alleged ‘politicisation and abuse of power’
The US Department of State has sanctioned four individuals serving as judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
‘Stop flood of incoming steel,’ EU industry begs Brussels
The steel industry has issued a stark warning in Brussels, urging the European Union to take decisive action against surging imports of cheap metal.
Former Italian PM Enrico Letta: Single market not so single, but at least ‘Trump gave us a shared agenda’
Former Italian PM Enrico Letta warned Europe was not fit for the global stage, as it prepared for trade talks with Donald Trump.
Ukraine’s mining minister: while US deal is a start, the EU’s the aim
The US may have been first to strike a minerals deal with Ukraine, but the real goal is a deal with Europe, Kyiv has said.
US will ‘push Greenland closer to Denmark’, says Danish MEP
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Trump will deal with European countries as sovereign nations, not as part of the EU
The transatlantic relationship, long a cornerstone of global stability, is undergoing a profound shift.
Ukraine aims to ‘align’ with US on minerals deal in talks this week
Ukraine will send a team to Washington this week to move forward with negotiations on a more expansive draft for a minerals deal offered by the United States,…
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
US officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit US manufacturers'…
Ukraine caught between US mineral protection deal and EU accession
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been accused by President Trump of backing out of the latest natural resources deal with the US, according to a report…
The Jeddah ceasefire proposal undercuts Europe’s anti-US hysteria
Western opinion makers frothing at the mouth in recent weeks over “America’s betrayal” and “Trump’s alliance with Russia” will have been dumbfounded…
French cosmetics industry worries it could be targeted in any US-EU trade war
The French cosmetics industry has braced for three potential outcomes as a trade war between the US and the EU looms.
Eurocrats ignore Trump influence while welcoming Gaza ceasefire
Eurocrats have welcomed the introduction of a ceasefire in Gaza while ignoring incoming US President Donald Trump's influence on getting the deal.
Not such close allies: US restricts AI chip exports to Poland
The US government has decided to exclude Poland from the list of 18 countries given unrestricted access to US AI chip exports, meaning the Poles will have restricted…