US, EU deepen alliance to boost ‘underpin’ of global economies: semiconductors

U.S.-EU ties with Japan suggest an increased effort to distance themselves from China. The U.S. and European Union pledged Wednesday to deepen its alliance for the sake of advancing common priorities like artificial intelligence, trade challenges and the “underpin” to global economies: semiconductors. … Read More

Von der Leyen insists US lift travel ban for Europeans

posted in: European Union, News

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | Pool photo by Stephanie Lecocq/AFP via Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for the U.S. to lift its travel ban for EU citizens in an interview with German … Read More

Why Europe should step outside shadow of US

posted in: European Union, News

BERLIN. — US President Joe Biden’s eight-day trip to Europe has prompted a flood of optimistic rhetoric, and many officials chanted that America is finally waving goodbye to those hostile policies and mercurial behaviours during the presidency of Donald Trump. … Read More

Biden’s rift with Brussels is only set to grow

It was meant to be a special relationship. After the tumultuous Trump years, President Biden was planning to reset relations with the European Union, Inherently liberal, rules-based, and engaged with climate change, it would be a natural ally, and far … Read More

EU proposes new alliance to the U.S. to handle China challenge

posted in: News, United States

“Revitalize the transatlantic partnership” The European Union will propose to the United States that it take advantage of an opportunity that appears “once in a generation” and to conclude a new global alliance. The detailed project seeks to bury the … Read More

WTO approves EU’s request to impose sanctions on US

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Geneva, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday approved a request from the European Union (EU) to impose trade sanctions on the United States for its subsidies in favor of Boeing. According to the WTO, the … Read More

Germany’s Maas urges India, China to ‘deescalate’ border tensions

posted in: Far East, News

In a wide-ranging interview with DW, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged India and China to “deescalate” their deadly border spat. He also said NATO would endure despite Trump’s plan to trim US troop numbers in Germany. German Foreign Minister Heiko … Read More

Trump claims the EU has ‘no choice’ but to agree a new trade deal

posted in: European Union, News

KEY POINTS The president met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, and told CNBC’s Joe Kernen that the pair had a “great talk.” Amid ongoing informal discussions, Trump … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 31 January 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, The worldwide scare over the spread of the coronavirus continues to prompt concern if not panic.  China publicly admits they may have as many as 10,000 cases of the deadly sickness.  But they’ve quarantined whole cities, recommended … Read More

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