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Europe is congratulating itself on avoiding a new tariff war. But avoiding conflict is not a strategy

Both commitments are central to July’s EU-US framework agreement, which hits most EU exports with a 15% levy

"We'll put more there if they want," Trump said in the Oval Office. "We're with Poland all the way and we'll help Poland protect itself"

The cuts were "due to excessive and uncompetitive airport fees", the Irish budget airline said

The idea was first floated before the summer break, but the effort failed to take off

After a quarter of a century in the pipeline, the “Jurassic” EU-Mercosur trade deal is lumbering back to life

"I have the impression that you want to give us the responsibility for the US tariff policy,” said Sabine Weyand, director-general at the Commission’s DG Trade, to audible groans from MEPs

With parliamentary ratification still pending, the implementation lags significantly behind Berlin’s ambitious timeline

Von der Leyen will address the Parliament on 10 September.

NATO scrutiny of Italy’s €13.5 billion Messina bridge has fueled tensions, as the US warns allies against creative accounting to meet defence spending pledges

An additional regulation with safeguard measures against harmful imports is pushing the most critical member states to reconsider their stance

The move comes as US interest in the Arctic island has grown since Trump’s return to the White House

Poland is currently ninth in the global clinical trials market, sixth in Europe, but experts say this progress is at risk without modernisation

The news comes as Brussels formally presented its trade agreements with Mexico and Mercosur on Wednesday

EU defends carbon pricing and cleaner fuel standards against US claims of a global tax

To win over Paris, the Commission will table a legal proposal to trigger safeguards in case Mercosur farm imports harm the EU market

With only 66 of the Assembly’s 577 seats, the PS has little room to manoeuvre, yet the Élysée appears to be listening

Shell and rival UK energy giant BP have been walking back various climate objectives and focusing more on oil and gas to raise their profits

While most of Europe was already off holidaying, the European Food Safety Authority quietly released its long-awaited scientific opinion on the welfare of mink, foxes, raccoon dogs and chinchillas kept for fur production.

In today's edition: Donald Trump saying he's "very disappointed" in Vladimir Putin as peace talks stall, Slovak PM Robert Fico set to pass on "several messages" to Kyiv after meeting Russia’s leader, and the Commission preparing to formally propose the EU-Mercosur deal