From critical raw materials to fighting wildfires, a document obtained by POLITICO reveals a wide-ranging expansion in relations.

Moscow and NATO have exchanged tense letters in recent days following Russian opposition to alliance exercises near its Kaliningrad exclave.

Merz and Macron want the EU to develop a powerful trade tool to deter China. A joint paper due this week points to a new Franco-German consensus and a willingness to think outside the WTO box.

The gathering is set to bring together top execs from Europe’s machinery, auto, electronics and chemicals industries.

The Canadian prime minister called for pro-trade democracies to resist great-power coercion together. Seven months later, he is largely fighting Trump alone.

Rising interest rates are a signal of trouble ahead. Artificially suppressing it heightens the danger.

Rising deficits and debt-servicing costs no longer seem to have the power to restore prudence

Beijing’s broadside against the Foreign Subsidies Regulation puts pressure on the recently relaunched trade dialogue.

As the EU’s focus shifts from big-ticket fines to compliance, concerns are growing that the market power of dominant tech platforms could become more entrenched. 

Thriving industrial firms dominate the headlines but account for only a fraction of GDP — across the rest of the economy weakness is pronounced

A lawsuit by 25 states highlights the "sham" justification for the administration's latest tax increase.

Monday’s complaint is the latest in a series of new legal challenges to President Donald Trump's forced labor tariffs.

Researchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising questions as Britain and the EU deepen trade ties with New Delhi.

The Trump administration is again shifting its stated rationale for placing comprehensive tariffs on imports of nearly all goods from virtually all countries. After originally presenting such measures...

The trust between America and its allies took generations to build and is being spent at a record pace.

The EU wants to copy Dunkirk’s comeback through its Industrial Accelerator Act. The formula will be hard to reproduce.

A rocket designer with a dubious past sets out to build a missile shield with Europe—and without America.

A year after Donald Trump shook hands with Ursula von der Leyen on a trade deal, POLITICO assesses how their commitments have held up.

Countries with free-trade deals take a smaller hit as the EU slashes duty-free steel quotas by nearly half overall.

The meeting was meant to take place on July 22 to conclude talks on an agrifood agreement, an emissions trading deal, and a youth mobility scheme.

Top trade lawmaker Bernd Lange delayed a transatlantic deal for months, frustrating both Washington and Brussels. While he didn’t get everything he wanted, he says he got what Europe needed.

France wants to get China to agree on the need to address global trade imbalances.

Manufacturers are closing plants and cutting jobs as the EU debates how hard to push back against China.

Is the EU finally ready to get serious about China? That’s the question increasingly dominating conversations in Brussels as fears grow that Europe is being squeezed by Beijing’s industrial machine…

Donald Trump’s threats, personal envoys and hollowed‑out embassies are reshaping U.S. diplomacy. Allies from Europe to Asia are rewriting the rules of engagement — ignoring the president’s rhetoric an...

Fears over flagging industries has created an opportunity for Brussels to get tough on Beijing, officials and diplomats say.

Negotiators said the compromise will give European manufacturers more certainty, even though Brussels can’t guarantee Washington will stick to the deal.

A compromise between EU lawmakers and governments is within reach as the clock runs down on Donald Trump’s threat to hike auto tariffs.

CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY: This week, during the first visit of a U.S. President to the People’s Republic of China since 2017, President Donald

The proposals will be put to European leaders at a summit next month, officials say.

April figure marks highest level in three years as effects of conflict reverberate through world’s biggest economy

One Minnesota grower’s fight against the citrus cartel of Pasco County, Florida

This story is based on over a dozen interviews with officials and regional experts, including those from the White House State Department and Central Asian embassies.

Trump’s domestic woes and the Iran war raise the risk that Chinese leader Xi Jinping may try to swap economic sweeteners for a backtrack on U.S.-Taiwan ties.

“I guess there will be a conclusion at the next meeting,” says German MEP Bernd Lange.

Talks between the bloc’s three institutions were inconclusive, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to hike auto tariffs.

Talks between the bloc’s three institutions were inconclusive, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to hike auto tariffs.

His every move to preserve power accelerates decay, writes a former senior official in the Russian government

Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European autos confirms the judgment of a majority of EU lawmakers that he can’t be trusted.

The U.S. president’s threat to hike tariffs on European autos supports the judgment of a majority of EU lawmakers that he can’t be trusted.

The U.S. president’s threat to hike tariffs on European autos supports the judgment of a majority of EU lawmakers that he can’t be trusted.