Europe, Trump and trade
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German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil warns the EU to act firmly if tariff negotiations with the US fail. Amid escalating trade tensions, President Trump's proposed tariffs on EU imports intensify. EU favors negotiation but is ready for countermeasures.
The President also threatened reciprocal tariffs on any countermeasures from the EU - the consequences could not be greater
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The European Union has prepared a €21 billion ($24.5 billion) list of tariffs on U.S. goods in case trade talks fail, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview with Il Messaggero newspaper,
For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a tragic story of enslavement and commerce from the time of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The European Union and South Korea said on Monday they were working on trade deals with U.S. President Donald Trump that would soften the blow from looming tariffs as Washington threatens to impose hefty duties from August 1.