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Latest news, analysis and comment on mobility policy in Europe and beyond.
Trump tariff war would hurt Boeing more than Airbus

Trump tariff war would hurt Boeing more than Airbus

The U.S. plane-maker could be the “biggest victim” of a tariff war.

March 7, 2025 4:17 am CET
Parliament to probe EU grants to Shell, VW and migrant NGOs 
Trump delays tariffs on many Canadian, Mexican imports for one month
Covid lockdowns, 5 years on
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Covid lockdowns, 5 years on

March 6, 2025 3:07 pm CET
Europe’s automakers caught up in Trump’s trade war
Sustainable aviation fuel boss wants more EU regulations
EU slams US tariffs on Canada, Mexico as threat to global trade
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Commission agrees to water down automotive emission targets

The executive will put forward an amendment that calculates the target over three years, making it easier to reach.

March 4, 2025 4:18 am CET

Tesla’s plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings

CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand.

March 3, 2025 4:18 am CET

EU eyes tougher deportation rules with ‘harsh consequences’ for noncompliance

EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner warns that most rejected asylum seekers never leave the bloc.

March 1, 2025 11:08 am CET

EU to Trump on tariffs: Go ahead, make our day.

Brussels threatens to use its trade bazooka after President Donald Trump says the European Union was created to “screw” America.

February 28, 2025 4:20 am CET

Brussels pitches €100B for grand plan to boost made-in-EU clean manufacturing

The strategy is a response to mounting competition from China and the U.S. and argues Europe can win on green technology.

February 26, 2025 11:33 am CET

Macron to Trump: Make trade war with China, not with us

“Come on, you cannot have a trade war with China and Europe at the same time,” Macron tells Fox News in an interview.

February 25, 2025 1:06 pm CET

Commission pushes EU’s 2040 climate law into spring

The 2040 target “will be presented soon,” said European Commission spokesperson.

February 25, 2025 9:49 am CET

EU eases sanctions on Syria

The relief aims to support “an inclusive political transition in Syria,” says Council of the European Union.

February 24, 2025 1:23 pm CET

EU’s 2040 climate target to come this week, Commission official says

Formal proposal to amend overarching climate law will accompany Clean Industrial Deal.

February 24, 2025 6:00 am CET

EU should force big polluters to clean up the atmosphere, top advisers say

The bloc’s scientific advisory board on climate change wants the EU to scale up carbon removals.

February 21, 2025 12:02 am CET

EU and India to inch closer on trade, EVs and chips at upcoming meet

Ursula von der Leyen is leading her new College of Commissioners on their first visit to India.

February 20, 2025 1:55 pm CET

EU ready to negotiate on car tariffs with Trump, trade commissioner says

EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said the bloc is “ready to discuss” reducing its 10 percent tariff as part of broader negotiations.

February 19, 2025 9:31 pm CET
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Friedrich Merz wants to lead Europe on the economy. Can he?

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on China and Russia.

February 19, 2025 5:12 pm CET

Germany’s economy is driving off a cliff. The car industry is behind the wheel.

The incoming chancellor will inherit a host of problems buffeting carmaking, including high energy and labor costs along with a looming trade war.

February 19, 2025 4:16 am CET

European aviation ‘dumbstruck’ by Musk’s takeover of US air traffic control

The billionaire’s people have marched into the Federal Aviation Administration, and Europeans are “freaking out.”

February 18, 2025 5:55 pm CET

Europe’s peace offerings to Trump: Gas, cars and guns.

The European Union’s top trade official brings a suitcase full of proposals to persuade President Donald Trump to call off his trade war threats.

February 17, 2025 6:17 pm CET

UK’s Starmer to attend emergency European summit in Paris

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.

February 16, 2025 11:22 am CET

Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says

It was not immediately clear which European leaders would be invited to the emergency meeting.

February 15, 2025 4:54 pm CET

Šefčovič to visit Washington as trade war looms

The European Commission is trying to head off a transatlantic trade conflict.

February 15, 2025 1:45 pm CET

Trump suggests he might impose auto tariffs on April 2

The move would further strain trade relations with Europe and the rest of the world.

February 14, 2025 11:17 pm CET

EU warns of ‘immediate’ retaliation against Trump’s reciprocal tariffs

Brussels has strengthened its trade defense arsenal since a skirmish in U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term.

February 14, 2025 11:37 am CET

The EU’s strategy to counter Trump’s tariffs: An iron fist in a velvet glove

Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trump’s first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.

February 14, 2025 4:30 am CET

Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

February 13, 2025 9:18 pm CET

Von der Leyen aide held secret talks with Trump team amid trade war

Bjoern Seibert visited Washington ahead of high-level contacts between the Commission president and JD Vance.

February 13, 2025 1:20 pm CET
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