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6 days ago | 
politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi |Giovanna Faggionato |Giovanna Coi
BRUSSELS — Donald Trump called the European Union pathetic, so the EU set its sights on Silicon Valley to prove him wrong. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has come out swinging with a threat to tax the advertising revenues of digital services if trade talks with the United States president collapse. Few diplomats will dare say openly that von der Leyen’s move to target Big Tech is a bad idea.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Giorgio Leali |Ben Munster |Elena Giordano |Giovanna Coi
L’implication directe de la Commission n’ayant pas permis d’éviter la guerre commerciale de Trump, Bruxelles et d’autres pays de l’UE semblent désormais se rallier à l’idée de Meloni. Ils ne semblent pas particulièrement inquiets à l’idée que Meloni puisse tenter de négocier un accord parallèle qui ne profiterait qu’à l’Italie — un tel manque de solidarité mettrait un énorme point d’interrogation sur l’avenir de l’Italie au sein du marché unique de l’UE.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Giorgio Leali |Ben Munster |Elena Giordano |Giovanna Coi
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Giorgio Leali |Ben Munster |Elena Giordano |Giovanna Coi
In part, Meloni’s actions reflect Italy’s terror at the prospect of losing its historically close ties to the U.S., which it sees as insurance against the Franco-German axis that dominates EU affairs. Unlike other European leaders, she believes that Trump can still be reasoned with and that his trade threats are little more than a brash negotiating tactic, according to two Italian officials familiar with the government’s foreign policy stance.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Marianne Gros |Giovanna Coi
Si les craintes du secteur des ONG se concrétisent, l’influence des organisations de la société civile à Bruxelles, dont certaines dépendent de l’UE pour la moitié de leur financement, pourrait s’en trouver sérieusement entravée. Les députés européens qui mènent la charge sur ce sujet insistent sur le fait que l’objectif n’est pas de réduire le financement des ONG, mais simplement d’accroître la transparence.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Marianne Gros |Giovanna Coi
BRUSSELS — Europe’s nongovernmental organizations are getting worried. The sector, which boasts the second-biggest army of lobbyists in Brussels behind business, has been locked in a fierce battle with conservative lawmakers for months over the use of European Union grant money for lobbying. A series of recent setbacks gave members of the European Parliament the upper hand in that battle, leading NGOs to warn of a Donald Trump-inspired campaign to defund them.
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2 weeks ago | 
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Giovanna Coi |Paroma Soni |Camille Gijs
Zgodnie z wewnętrznym dokumentem, do którego dotarło POLITICO, Komisja rozważa nałożenie ceł w wysokości do 25 proc. na szeroką gamę towarów eksportowanych z USA o wartości około 22,1 mld euro (107 mld 438 mln zł) w oparciu o import UE w 2024 r. Na liście znalazły się typowe towary rolne i przemysłowe, takie jak soja, mięso, tytoń, żelazo, stal i aluminium. UE chce w tym sposób uderzyć w amerykańskie sektory, które najbardziej polegają na eksporcie transatlantyckim.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Giovanna Coi |Paroma Soni |Camille Gijs
NowEU member states agree first wave of retaliatory tariffsAfter several weeks of consultations between member states, EU Commission and industries, the EU adopted retaliatory measures on Wednesday against US …4 hours agoTrump’s tariffs: Why won’t countries buy US meat products? Several countries don’t import US chicken rinsed in chlorine or beef products containing growth hormones.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Giovanna Coi |Paroma Soni |Camille Gijs
The EU’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on all of America’s trading partners may be less aggressive than expected, but it does show some creativity in its bid to hit the U.S. where it will hurt the most. According to an internal document seen by POLITICO, the Commission is considering slapping tariffs of up to 25 percent on a broad range of exports from the U.S. worth around €22.1 billion based on the EU’s 2024 imports.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Giovanna Coi |Paroma Soni |Camille Gijs
6 hours agoAs Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are threatening to plunge the global economy, many claim that the US President’s anti-China trade policies are based on the theories of a fake economics expert called Ron Vara, a fictional character invented and often cited by Trump’s top trade advisor, Peter …
