Melissa Eddy

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Anton Troianovski |Jeanna Smialek |Melissa Eddy

A large Republican donor wants to buy a Russian pipeline to Germany. The White House has entertained the idea of working with the Kremlin to supply Russian gas to Europe. In May, an American investor tried to sell top German economic officials on an audacious plan to buy a Russian undersea pipeline. Despite years of international friction over the pipeline, he proposed to eventually activate it and deliver natural gas to Germany. The investor, Stephen P.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Melissa Eddy

Drivers in the country, Europe’s largest car market, are avoiding vehicles from Tesla, which has seen a drop in sales in other countries as well.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Melissa Eddy |Eshe Nelson |Liz Alderman

President Trump's trade war has created chaos for companies around the world, snarling supply chains, sowing uncertainty and muddling their ability to plan for the future. After announcing tariffs that started at 20 percent for nearly all imports from European Union members - and more on other countries - the president has scaled the rate to 10 percent until July, saying his administration will use the time to negotiate bilateral deals with America's trading partners.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Jim Tankersley |Christopher Schuetze |Melissa Eddy

Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before it was sworn into office. Merz was set to immediately begin the ceremonial tasks of assuming the country’s top leadership post, which were delayed half a day by the events in parliament, before embarking Wednesday for Paris and Warsaw, Poland, to meet with key allies.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jeanna Smialek |Liz Alderman |Melissa Eddy

Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on. Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change.