Melissa Eddy

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Stanley Reed |Patricia Cohen |Melissa Eddy

Despite an exemption from 50 percent tariffs, Britain still has to pay a 25 percent duty because its trade deal with the United States has yet to be put in place. Britain breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after it was granted a carve-out from President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imported to the United States, while the rest of Europe fumed that it was now paying twice as much.

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.