Brussels has spent years rebuilding ties with Brasília. Brazil’s knife-edge election could change the equation.

The call comes amid heightened contacts between Beijing and Brussels to reduce the EU’s huge deficit in goods trading with China.

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.

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

Trade data shows the government's enforcement of a law targeting Uyghur forced labor has shrunk dramatically under President Donald Trump.

Thursday’s vote prolongs the suspension of the EU’s retaliatory tariffs; its duration is still being negotiated.

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.

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

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

On returning from China, Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot warns the EU will become a “coalition of frogs” unless it embraces a cohesive strategy.

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.

Easier U.S. treatment of products containing steel could unlock approval of last year’s trade deal by EU lawmakers. But it’s not yet a done deal.

There are two weeks until the European Parliament is due to vote on the EU-U.S. trade deal. But the outcome is still uncertain, and bitterly contentious.

President Donald Trump’s threat to cut all ties with Spain after it opposed his war on Iran again puts the bloc’s unity to the test.

The EU, U.K. and Canada react cautiously to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Agreements with India and Indonesia would be test cases under a new “accelerated procedure” floated by the European Commission.

Opponents of the Latin American accord prevail, potentially delaying it for up to two years.

As Ursula von der Leyen prepares to sign the Mercosur deal, its opponents still plan legal action against it.

Brussels is focusing on strategic sectors in its talks with the Trump administration, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič tells POLITICO.

The EU’s actions were a “great help,” Philip Morris International said in an email.

A senior EU diplomat warns that another delay could kill the Latin American trade deal after 25 years of talks.

The move could derail a tight timetable aimed at signing the mega trade deal before the end of the year.

Fresh pushback in the European Parliament and hesitation in EU capitals could still derail a push to sign the accord before Christmas.

Ursula von der Leyen says African countries should benefit from resource extraction — but Brussels has yet to deliver on that promise.

Brussels to present wish list to top Trump officials when they visit on Monday.

Brussels to present wish list to top Trump officials when they visit on Monday.

Brussels will put forward request to U.S. officials to exempt goods like medical devices and alcohol from President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen would jet into Brazil to ink the long-awaited accord on Dec. 20 — as long as EU capitals give the green light.

Ursula von der Leyen is selling simplification like a Kinder Egg — sweet on the outside for European business, with a surprise inside for the U.S. president.

France’s fifth government in three years resigns just 12 hours after being appointed.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade has pushed the EU toward completing its long-awaited agreement with the South American bloc.

Donald Trump says he’ll slap a harsh embargo on the Kremlin if Brussels turns the screws on China, but EU diplomats suspect the U.S. president is stalling.

Donald Trump says he’ll slap a harsh embargo on the Kremlin if Brussels turns the screws on China, but EU diplomats suspect the U.S. president is stalling.

The second-largest group in the European Parliament says no, complicating Ursula von der Leyen’s effort to build a majority to back the deal.

Donald Trump is using America’s military and technological superiority to force one-sided deals on Europe.

Donald Trump’s threat to target the bloc’s digital rules comes days after joint agreement on trade.

The fragile tariff truce has spared Europe from the U.S. president’s wrath and kept him on board on Ukraine so far — but at a reputational cost.

Four-page joint statement clarifies the trade deal struck by Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen last month.

As the EU runs out of goods to target, it’s looking at broadening its response to Washington’s tariff punishment.