"The free world needs a new leader," said European Union's foreign policy chief after President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sparred in the Oval Office.
A White House official, however, said Trump’s previous March 4 deadline for the 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods remained in effect “as of this moment,” pending his review of Mexican and Canadian actions to secure their borders and halt the flow of migrants and the opioid fentanyl into the U.
On Wednesday UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet EU finance ministers at a G20 meeting in Cape Town to discuss a new funding mechanism to rebuild the continent’s enfeebled defences. On Thursday Starmer meets President Trump at the White House to plead with him to maintain the US security guarantee in Europe,
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the White House. The two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine as well as Trump's proposed tariffs on the European Union,
French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm after tensions flared between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Following Fridays Oval Office meeting, where Trump threatened to
The U.S. is considering 25% tariffs on the European Union, President Trump said at the White House on Wednesday, adding more detail to the tariff threat he has issued against the 27-nation bloc. Trump had previously said he would target the EU with tariffs in response to the bloc’s own duties,
The European Union is broadening the list of U.S. goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if the White House imposes duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.
President Zelenskyy's visit to the White House turned into a heated argument with Trump and VP JD Vance, impacting US-Ukraine relations and halting US military aid to Ukraine. The EU plans to step up defense spending,
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European leaders agreed to surge defense spending and voiced near-unanimous support for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, as the continent attempts once again to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine.