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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Seb Starcevic |Jakob Weizman |Francesca Micheletti |Carlo Martuscelli |Andrew McDonald
As the week went on, the S&P 500 index, which tracks the performance of 500 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies, fell nearly 13 percent. That wiped trillions of dollars off the market value and sent the stock price of iconic brands like Apple and Meta (more on them later in a different context, funnily enough) plummeting.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman |Gabriel Gavin
BRUSSELS ― The EU should encourage U.S. President Donald Trump to reverse trade tariffs by buying more American gas, while simultaneously threatening penalties of its own, Czechia's top diplomat said after the White House imposed unprecedented barriers to the flow of goods. Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský insisted during an interview with POLITICO that, despite the failure of closed-door talks so far, the bloc could use a carrot-and-stick strategy to avert a full-blown transatlantic crisis.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman |Giovanna Coi
James Surowiecki challenges the White House’s rationale for punishing Europe, China, India and Japan with reciprocal tariffs.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman
Brussels is giving itself more time to coordinate its response to U.S. tariffs.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman
Rutte, for his part, said he did not “want to drag NATO” in the discussion, but acknowledged Greenland’s importance for Arctic security in light of Chinese and Russian interests. Trump caused a stir in January when he said the Danish territory and world’s largest island is an “absolutely necessity” for American security, and refused to rule out economic or military coercion to gain control of it.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman
“We want independence, but we all have very different definitions of what independence is,” editor-in-chief of Greenland’s main newspaper Sermitsiaq, Masaana Egede, told POLITICO before the election. Whether Greenland can economically go it alone, however, is the big question.
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1 month ago | 
politico.eu | Laura Kayali |Jakob Weizman
Polish and Danish leaders signalled openness today to French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to discuss how France’s nuclear deterrent can protect Europe. “The French proposal is not new. This topic has come up in conversations with me several times,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on his way into the summit of European leaders in Brussels Thursday. “This is something worth considering,” he added.
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2 months ago | 
politico.eu | Jakob Weizman |Jasper Bennink
Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, claimed in early February that her party was attracting Jewish members in the “four-digit range.”The AfD is a major political force and is running second in the polls ahead of an election on Sunday, but is Weidel’s claim of Jewish support really true? If so, that would be remarkable development in a country with Germany’s Nazi past and a Jewish community of approximately 125,000.
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2 months ago | 
politico.eu | Camille Gijs |Jakob Weizman
BRUSSELS — It’s a tough world out there, and countries in both the European Union and Latin America need to boost partnerships to offset Donald Trump’s tariff threats, Uruguay’s top diplomat said. “Energy is expensive. China is now seen as a complicated competitor. The U.S. is getting more and more protectionist. In this new geopolitical scenario, it is key for Europe to strengthen the partnerships they can have,” Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Omar Paganini told POLITICO in an interview.
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2 months ago | 
bilaterals.org | Jakob Weizman
Negotiations
Mexico
Politico | 3 February 2025The EU cheers, but Mexico fears, their new trade accord. Why? Donald Trump. By Jakob WeizmanBRUSSELS — The European Commission’s trade department took a victory lap. The Mexican government was silent.
