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Sarah Wheaton

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Chief Policy Correspondent at POLITICO Europe

Chief Policy Corresp @POLITICOEurope. Co-author Brussels Playbook, host EU Confidential pod. Frmr: WH @POLITICO; politics @NYTimes. swheaton at politico . eu

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  • 6 days ago | politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy

    Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music ​This week, EU Confidential is on a spring break — but with trade tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world (China in particular) escalating, we thought it was the perfect moment to revisit a timely episode from our archives. As Trump’s new trade war heats up, with triple-digit tariffs hitting Chinese goods and Beijing retaliating, the global trade landscape is shifting dramatically. These developments have significant implications for...

  • 1 week ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles |Sarah Wheaton

    “How can EPSO be such a failure every single time?” wrote another. This test was for candidates hoping to get a job as a translator working in one of eight different EU languages. 9,663 people took partOne candidate who received the email Thursday said she had spent an hour every day for several weeks revising for the tests, which include language knowledge, verbal and numerical reasoning.

  • 1 week ago | politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton |Dionisios Sturis |Anne Mcelvoy

    A tariff storm was brewing — and then, just like that, the forecast changed. Donald Trump shocked everyone by pausing his planned tariffs for 90 days (for all countries except China), throwing global markets a lifeline and leaving the EU wondering what game he’s playing.

  • 1 week ago | politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton

    HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here, thanking God it’s Friday’s edition of Brussels Playbook. The weekend definitely isn’t starting yet in Warsaw, as you’ll read, where the Polish Council presidency is hosting talks on trade retaliation and war financing. And domestic politics are growing increasingly sour, with Gherkin-gate consuming the presidential campaign: government-backed candidate Rafał Trzaskowski held up a jar of pickles. He said they were Polish; the opposition said they were German.

  • 2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sarah Wheaton

    Presented by Ørsted By SARAH WHEATON with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY HOWDY.

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1 Apr 25

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