With Trump’s Tariffs, Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China

China has for years presented an economic challenge for Europe. Now, it could become an economic disaster. It produces a vast array of artificially cheap goods — heavily subsidized electric vehicles, consumer electronics, toys, commercial grade steel and more —…

After Trump’s Pause on Tariffs, EU Delays Retaliation to Allow Talks

E.U. officials ​announced on Thursday that they would delay their plans for retaliatory tariffs after President Trump’s abrupt decision to hit pause on some of the levies he had placed on Europe and much of the rest of the world.…

Will Retaliation Work for Europe? It’s a Gamble.

The European Union is responding to President Trump’s sweeping trade war with a handshake and a punch: It is promising the administration potential wins while also preparing its own retaliatory tariffs on American products starting next week. The questions are…

Europe Has Economic Power. Can It Use It Against Trump’s Tariffs?

The European Union, taken as a whole, is America’s biggest trading partner. That makes President Trump’s fresh tariffs especially painful for the 27-nation bloc — but also gives it a uniquely large amount of economic weight to throw around in…

Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing

European leaders have gotten the message from Washington about doing more for their own defense and for Ukraine, too. They are talking tough when it comes to supporting Ukraine and about protecting their own borders, and they are standing up…

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts

Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its…

Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.

President Trump is no fan of the European Union. He has repeatedly claimed that the bloc was created to “screw” America, has pledged to slap big tariffs on its cars, and this week enacted global steel and aluminum levies that…

Europe Welcomes a Ukraine Cease-Fire Offer and a Revival of U.S. Aid

Europeans reacted with relief to the announcement on Tuesday that Ukraine had agreed with the United States on a 30-day cease-fire in its war with Russia and anxiously awaited Moscow’s response. They were relieved because Washington announced simultaneously that it…