Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU
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Germany's new chancellor vowed to build Europe's strongest army — but experts say underinvestment, recruitment, and politics may stand in the way.
Donald Trump has threatened to impose 50pc tariffs on the EU in just over a week, as he pressures Brussels to strike a trade deal. The president said negotiations with the bloc were “going nowhere” as he vowed to impose the levy on all EU imports from June 1.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the security of our Baltic allies is also our security” as worries about Russian aggression persist.
Trump’s goal for the continent may be coming true, as allies increase their defense spending. Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported from Russia for eight years and from Ukraine for six years, coming home in 2021.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China is ready to work with Germany to open a new chapter in their all-round strategic partnership, to steer China-EU relations toward new progress and to make new contributions to the stable growth of the world economy,
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Ukrainska Pravda on MSNGermany urges EU to step "out of its comfort zone" to ramp up sanctions on RussiaThe chief of staff to Germany's new chancellor, Thorsten Frei, has called on Europe to step "out of our comfort zone" and impose tougher sanctions on Russia, such as banning gas and uranium imports and tapping into frozen Russian state assets.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called for the European Union's supply chain audit law to be scrapped, though his coalition government's spokesperson said Berlin wanted to "slim down" the legislation but not abolish it.
The German economy, Europe’s biggest, grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing
Action is Alexander Dobrindt’s watchword. Hours after becoming federal interior minister two weeks ago, the 54-year-old ramped up controls on Germany ‘s borders and rescinded a decade-old order allowing undocumented asylum seekers into the country.