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Trump: I'll Delay 50% EU Tariff
Trump: I'll Delay
50% Tariff on EU
May 26, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Trump: I'll Delay 50% Tariff on EU

US president says he got a call from the president of the European Commission

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he would delay his threatened 50% tariff on the European Union to July 9. "I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting an extension on the June 1st deadline on the 50% Tariff with respect to...

Denmark Sets Europe's Highest Retirement Age

Critics warn the move, which makes 70 the target age by 2040, hits hardest for blue-collar workers

(Newser) - Denmark is set to have Europe's highest retirement age after lawmakers approved a measure to raise it to 70 by 2040. Under current Danish law, the retirement age is linked to life expectancy and recalculated every five years. It's now 67, increasing to 68 in 2030 and...

Trump Makes Big Threat Against Apple

President threatens 25% tariff unless iPhones are made in the US

(Newser) - President Trump's latest tariff threat is directed at Apple—he is threatening a 25% penalty unless the company starts making iPhones in the US, reports NBC News . Most are currently made in China, though CNBC notes that the company has been recently moving some production to India.
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EU Steps In as Trump Holds Back Radio Liberty Funds

Broadcaster turns to Europe after US withholds $75M in funds

(Newser) - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is now accepting millions in emergency funds from the European Union amid a funding standoff with the Trump administration. The EU grant, totaling $6.2 million, is aimed at keeping the broadcaster operating after the US government withheld $75 million that Congress already allocated to...

Nations Slam Israel for Firing Warning Shots Near Diplomats

Military says it will investigate after making delegation in West Bank flee for cover

(Newser) - Israel expressed regrets and other nations demanded an explanation after Israeli troops fired warning shots intended to scatter a delegation of diplomats in the occupied West Bank, sending the group fleeing for cover. Video shows diplomats, who represented 31 countries, being interviewed in the city of Jenin on Wednesday when...

Apple, Meta Hit With Hefty Fines From Europe

Both companies were found to have breached the Digital Markets Act

(Newser) - European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros on Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc's digital competition rules, per the AP . The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, imposed a fine of 500 million euro, or $571 million, on Apple...

The EU Makes a Tariffs Move of Its Own

It also pauses, but 'if negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in'

(Newser) - The European Union's executive commission said Thursday it will put retaliatory tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Trump's pause and leave room for a negotiated solution, per the AP . European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission, which handles trade for the...

EU's Tariff Response Is Nigh
EU's Tariff Response Is Here
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Apr 9, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

EU's Tariff Response Is Here

Officials voted in favor of 3 waves of additional tariffs

(Newser) - "We are not in a business of going, let's say, cent for cent, or tit for tat, or dollar for dollar," EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said of President Trump's tariffs. But the bloc has responded: As expected, the EU on Wednesday afternoon voted in favor...

Canada, Europe Say US Will Feel Auto Tariff

Carney calls Trump's announcement 'a very direct attack'

(Newser) - European leaders expressed dismay Wednesday at President Trump's announcement of a 25% tariff on auto imports while promising to quickly assess their options. "I deeply regret the US decision," said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, per the New York Times . Canadian Prime Minister...

Trump Hits Back on EU Counter Tariffs
Trump Hits Back on
EU Counter Tariffs
Mar 13, 2025 11:15 AM CDT

Trump Hits Back on EU Counter Tariffs

Threatens 200% tariff on EU alcohol, complains 'Entire World is RIPPING US OFF!!!'

(Newser) - President Trump says he'll slap 200% tariffs on wine and other alcohol from Europe if the European Union doesn't nix a planned 50% retaliatory tariff on American whiskey. The EU announced counter tariffs on Wednesday on $28 billion worth of US goods in response to Trump's "...

EU Rolls Out Counter Tariffs: 'Prices Will Go Up'

They cover US steel, aluminum, textiles, plastics, wood, agricultural products

(Newser) - The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on US industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration's increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%. The world's biggest trading bloc was expecting the US tariffs and prepared...

Far-Right Leaders Cheer Trump at European Summit
EU's Far Right Cheers Trump
Feb 8, 2025 12:40 PM CST

EU's Far Right Cheers Trump

Orban tells supporters they're mainstream now

(Newser) - The leaders of Europe's far-right parties met in Madrid on Saturday to celebrate President Trump's return to office and their accompanying political ascendancy. "Yesterday we were heretics, today we're mainstream," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told about 2,000 supporters at the event labeled "...

Spain to Outsiders: Don't Buy a Home Here

Nation wants to impose 100% surcharge on non-EU citizens/residents who are buying property there

(Newser) - Thinking of buying a sweet Spanish chalet to serve as a vacation home—or even as your permanent abode? It'll likely soon cost you if you're not a part of the European Union. The BBC reports that Spain is planning on implementing a 100% tax on the value...

Sweden Is Hunting an Endangered Species

Sweden to allow 30 of its 375 wolves to be killed as EU considers relaxing current rules

(Newser) - A wolf hunt kicked off Thursday in Sweden, which is aiming to slash its population of the endangered species in half. The government will allow five families of wolves, representing 30 of Sweden's 375 recorded wolves, to be killed during the hunt. But its goal is to set a...

Outgoing Leader Calls Inauguration 'a Parody'

Georgia inaugurates Mikheil Kavelashvili after disputed election

(Newser) - Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated as the president of Georgia on Sunday over the protests of his predecessor, lawmakers, and crowds outside the presidential palace in Tbilisi. His Georgian Dream party won parliamentary elections in October, in a process that European election observers criticized and the outgoing president called part of...

Trump Threatens EU With 'Tariffs All the Way'

President-elect says tariffs can be avoided only with 'the large scale purchase of our oil and gas'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is threatening more tariffs, this time directed at Europe. "I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous [trade] deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way," Trump wrote...

Putin Approves Record Military Budget

EU reiterates funding pledges for Ukraine's war effort

(Newser) - As senior European Union officials arrived in Kyiv to express their unflinching support for Ukraine's war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new budget with a record military spending. More than $145 billion of the 2025 budget will go to national defense, a nearly one-third share that's...

Police Clash With Protesters of EU Decision

Demonstrations are held across Georgia

(Newser) - Protesters gathered across Georgia on Saturday night in a third straight night of demonstrations against the government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union. More than 100 demonstrators were arrested as crowds clashed with police Friday night, the country's Interior Ministry said. The AP saw protesters in...

Ripping EU 'Blackmail,' Georgia Delays Bid and Sparks Protests

Reappointed prime minister criticizes organization politicians in dispute over election

(Newser) - Georgia is suspending talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years, its prime minister said Thursday, in view of what he described as "blackmail and manipulation" from some of the bloc's politicians, an announcement that outraged the opposition and triggered a new wave of...

Other Nations Help Bosnia Search for Victims in Rubble

Village residents watched houses disappear in landslides

(Newser) - Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries were joining efforts on Sunday to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated sections of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under...

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