The Court of International Trade ruled that the President had exceeded his constitutional powers by imposing “reciprocal” tariffs without Congressional approval. A decision that upsets the Republican administration’s trade strategy.
American domination of Europe is nothing new. As early as 1942, Washington had planned to directly administer French territory as an occupied country. With the Blum-Byrnes agreements of January 1946, Hollywood productions invaded cinemas.
The American president is getting tough with Brussels, deeming trade negotiations to be at an impasse. Europe retaliates by preparing taxes on 95 billion euros of American imports.
The enthusiasm for mRNA vaccine technology is waning in the face of major scientific challenges and growing public distrust. Analysis below by Jay BHATTACHARYA, new director of the NIH (National Institutes of Health).
Technology items (computers, smartphones, microprocessors, etc.) have been removed from the list of Chinese products taxed at 145% by the United States. A setback that will be followed by others. And heralds the decline of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
The American president has just announced a considerable increase in customs duties on imports, causing concern among his trading partners. The European Union is already preparing its response.
Truce negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are taking place in Riyadh under the aegis of the United States, without Europe. But lasting peace will only be achieved when Moscow is assured that NATO is no longer a threat to the Russian Federation.
Washington is threatening to tax European, and therefore French, wines and spirits by up to 200% in retaliation for Brussels’ measures.
As Washington suspends military aid to Ukraine, Brussels proposes a massive investment plan for European defense. Ursula von der Leyen presents an ambitious strategy for EU military autonomy.
The Ukrainian president left the White House in a hurry after an unprecedented heated exchange with his American counterpart.
In an unfiltered interview, former Spanish ambassador José Zorrilla offers a critical analysis of the Ukrainian crisis, and reveals what goes on behind the scenes in European diplomacy.
American-Russian negotiations leave Europe on the sidelines, as Jean-Baptiste Noé rightly writes in “L’Institut des Libertés”.
