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U.S. Issues New Warning to Europe: End Business With Iran or Face Harsh Sanctions

August 7, 2018August 3, 2018

Congress and the Trump administration are issuing a stern warning to European partners: End all business ties with the Iranian regime or face harsh new sanctions in the coming months, a move that could impact international financial markets and U.S. banks tied to foreign monetary institutions, according to multiple senior U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about diplomatic efforts to pressure Europe on Iran.

Trump strikes deal with Europe to buy more US energy

July 26, 2018

President Trump hashed out a trade deal on Wednesday that will lead to Europe buying more liquefied natural gas from the U.S. to diversify its energy supplies.

Sarah Sanders on banning CNN reporter from event: ‘To be clear, we support a free press’

July 26, 2018

The White House defended banning a CNN correspondent from covering an open press event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, pointing to the reporter’s alleged behavior when she asked President Trump questions in the Oval Office earlier in the day.

Trump Touts ‘Big Day for Free and Fair Trade’ With E.U. Commissioner

July 27, 2018July 26, 2018

President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke at the White House Wednesday to say they are negotiating a deal to end most tariffs, trade barriers, and industrial subsidies between Europe and the United States.

Tough trade talks ahead for EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker in Washington

July 27, 2018July 25, 2018

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is not shy when it comes to being friendly to people he needs to negotiate with. In Brussels, he is known for hugging, kissing and cuddling almost everyone if it serves the cause, namely a relaxed mood. It remains to be seen how US President Donald Trump will react to the Commission president’s body language during one-on-one talks in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

Farm groups praise $12 billion aid package, urge pullback on trade fights

July 27, 2018July 25, 2018

Key agricultural trade associations praised the Trump administration Tuesday for providing $12 billion to support farmers hurt by an ongoing trade war, but urged the administration to dial back that fight.

Twin Wildfires Near Athens, Greece Kill 20, Gut Vacation Resorts

July 24, 2018

Gale-fanned wildfires raged through holiday resorts near Greece’s capital, killing at least 20 people by early Tuesday and injuring more than 104, including 11 in serious condition, in the deadliest blaze to hit the country in more than a decade.

No deal: EU resists Trump’s zero-tariff trade offer, prepares new list of sanctions to add pressure

July 25, 2018July 23, 2018

President Trump offered European nations and other countries a zero-tariff deal as a way out of an escalating trade war, but so far he has no takers despite a zero-tariff agreement signed last week between the European Union and Japan.

Syria Regains Control Over Frontier With Israel In Russia-Brokered Deal

July 20, 2018

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to regain control of his country’s frontier with Israel in a major victory over rebels who have agreed to surrender in negotiations with Russia, sources on both sides say.

Trump: ‘Not one’ European country has been improved by mass immigration

July 18, 2018

President Trump doubled down on previous comments he made regarding mass migration to Europe, saying ‘not one’ European country has been improved by a massive influx of immigrants and refugees.

EU to sign its biggest free trade deal with Japan

July 20, 2018July 17, 2018

The European Union and Japan will sign one of the world’s biggest free trade deals later on Tuesday.

U.S. rejects E.U. requests for exemptions from Iran sanctions

July 15, 2018

The United States rejected appeals from the European Union to give exemptions to EU countries that would be affected by sanctions on Iran.

Trump stirs up NATO meeting with objection to Russian-German gas pipeline

July 12, 2018

President Trump on Wednesday stoked divisions in Europe by wading into the middle of an intense fight over the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, a project that critics fear will give Moscow new leverage in the region and could create a geopolitically dangerous Russian-German economic alliance.

Setting out vision for future ties, May presses Brexit plans

July 12, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out a blueprint on Thursday for what her government calls ‘a principled and practical Brexit’, putting at its core a plan for a free trade area for goods that has angered many in her party.

From Ottawa to Berlin, world leaders pressured to stem refugee surge

July 12, 2018

President Trump had something in common with the other world leaders at the NATO summit in Brussels — an immigration emergency on their doorsteps.

NATO Summit to Begin; Trump Says Allies ‘Must Pay MORE,’ the US ‘Must Pay LESS’

July 11, 2018

On the eve of NATO’s annual summit, secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg reported that all 29 alliance members are increasing their military spending, adding that President Trump’s ‘leadership’ on the issue ‘is clearly having an impact.’

U.K. Tory Rebels to Weigh Veto of May’s Brexit Deal

July 11, 2018

Euroskeptic Tories have failed to stop U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for a soft Brexit and are considering a radical last-ditch move that could bring down her minority government later this year.

Top UK official in charge of Brexit quits in fresh blow to May

July 9, 2018

Britain’s most senior official in charge of negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union resigned Sunday, two days after Prime Minister Theresa May announced she had finally united her quarrelsome government behind a plan for Brexit.

Iran says Europe’s offer to save nuclear deal insufficient

July 6, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that a European offer of economic measures to counter the effects of the United States abandoning the nuclear deal does not go far enough, reported state news agency IRNA.

Warning of a global crisis, Germany’s Angela Merkel pledges ‘every effort’ to avert a U.S. trade war

July 5, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that the European Union will make every effort to avoid a trade war with the United States, and underlined her country’s commitment to raise defense spending gradually — another point of contention with Washington.