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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the signing ceremony of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro Jose Asuncion Flores of Paraguay’s Central Bank in Asuncion on January 17, 2026. The South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union on January 17 signed a major trade deal that has been 25 years in the making. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

EU mulls responding to Trump by reviving €93 billion tariff move

By Alberto Nardelli, Jorge Valero, and others

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – NOVEMBER 19 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a forum on artificial intelligence on November 19, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. President Putin visited the AI Journey 2025 International Conference (“Journey into the World of Artificial Intelligence”) hosted by Sberbank. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Secret U.S.-Russia talks led to plan that blindsided Ukraine

By Natalia Drozdiak, Alberto Nardelli, and others

The flags of the United States of America and the European Union waving in the wind on a clear day. 3D illustration render. Rippled fabric. Selective focus. International politics, alliance

EU is racing to secure U.S. trade deal and preparing for the worst

By Alberto Nardelli and Bloomberg

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – APRIL 7: European Union (EU) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint press conference, held with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store (not seen), in Brussels, Belgium on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

EU adopts tariffs on €21 billion of U.S. goods in metals fight

By Jorge Valero, Alberto Nardelli, and others

US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is rushing toward a deal with Putin, leaving Europe in the dust

By Alberto Nardelli, Ellen Milligan, and others

North Korean soldiers marching

North Korea may end up sending Putin 100,000 troops for his war

By Alberto Nardelli, Michael Nienaber, and others

Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin shake hands

India is now Russia’s No. 2 supplier of restricted technology

By Viktoria Dendrinou, Alberto Nardelli, and others

GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - MARCH 22: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. The new plant, officially called the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is producing the Model Y as well as electric car batteries. (Photo by Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty Images)

Tesla is the EU’s top choice getting lower tariffs compared to rivals on its China-made cars

By Alberto Nardelli and Bloomberg

European Commission Executive Vice President, Valdis Dombrovskis, speaks during the 54th Annual Meeting of The Semafor 2024 World Economy Summit in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese medical devices are the latest goods to be targeted by the EU, following probes into China-made EVs, wind turbines and solar panels

By Alberto Nardelli and Bloomberg

Vehicle carrier vessel “BYD EXPLORER NO.1” arrives at Xiaomo International Logistics Port in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Jan. 14, 2024. “BYD EXPLORER NO.1,” a vehicle carrier vessel leased to Chinese automaker BYD, held its maiden voyage ceremony on Monday at a port in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. With more than 5,000 new energy vehicles NEVs on board, it set sail for the ports of Vlissingen in the Netherlands and Bremerhaven in Germany. It is the first vessel in the shipping fleet of BYD, which has joined a number of Chinese automakers in accelerating car exports by operating their own shipping fleets. (Photo by Xinhua via Getty Images)

The EU just got a step closer to hitting Chinese EVs with additional tariffs—and may even apply them retroactively

By Jorge Valero, Alberto Nardelli, and others

13 September 2023, France, Straßburg: Ursula von der Leyen (CDU, EPP Group), President of the European Commission, stands in the European Parliament building and speaks. In her State of the Union 2023 speech, Commission President von der Leyen will outline the priorities and flagship initiatives for the coming year. It is the last speech of this legislative period in the run-up to the 2024 European elections. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa (Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Europe opens probe into China over cheap EVs flooding the EU: ‘Their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies’

By Kevin Whitelaw, Alberto Nardelli, and others

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 09: Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg holds a round of blank ammunition as he prepares for media interviews after observing Ukrainian troops being trained by members of the Canadian Armed Forces at a military facility on November 09, 2022 in southeast England, United Kingdom. The UK has offered to train 19,000 Ukrainian personnel, with several thousand already completing their training and returning to Ukraine since the programme was announced in June, 2022. The scheme has seen over 1,000 UK service personnel from the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines take part in running the programme. Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, Latvia and the Netherlands have all joined the training programme. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The Ukraine war has exposed Europe’s reliance on Russia’s railways for trade with China—including for the defense industry

By Jonathan Tirone, Alberto Nardelli, and others

Russian Oil Fields

G-7 backs price-cap plan for Russian oil that would limit revenue

By Alberto Nardelli, Ewa Krukowska, and others

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a press conference on the EU membership applications by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on June 17, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine just took its first real step toward joining the EU

By Alberto Nardelli, Jorge Valero, and others

A Ukranian soldier walks past wreckage of a Russian armored vehicle

EU threatens to sanction Russia for ‘war crimes’ amid reports troops executed unarmed civilians near Kyiv

By Bloomberg, Alberto Nardelli, and others