The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday (25 May) to set up a joint delegation to increase trade cooperation, after the EU-US free trade deal negotiations were put on ice with the election of Donald Trump.
The United States is ready to negotiate a new trade deal with the UK. It also continues to have plans for the European Union, said Representative Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Recent declarations from the White House risk souring the long-standing economic friendship between Europe and the United States, writes Ilaria Maselli.
The United States' new hostility to free trade deals under President Donald Trump is benefiting the European Union, the bloc's top trade official said.
EU Ambassador to the United States David O'Sullivan stated that while the European Union is ready to continue discussions on the matter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if the Trump administration is interested, at the moment there is no one to talk with.
Strasbourg — The European Parliament approved a landmark free-trade agreement with Canada, shoring up Europe’s market-opening clout in the face of a populist surge across the continent and US President Donald Trump’s protectionist tilt.
Europe is likely to increase business with Canada after the EU parliament gave the green light to the controversial free trade deal CETA. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to address the parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, after seven years of tough talks. RFI takes a look at what happens next.
Under President Donald Trump, Europeans must prepare for some turbulent times in trans-Atlantic relations. The president has made clear his concerns about the European Union — he is a vocal supporter of Brexit and believes that others will leave, especially in the wake of the 2015 refugee crisis. In his New York Times interview, he even charged the E.U. with using environmental regulations to impede one of his developments in Ireland.
The hasty retreat of the US into protectionism, the trade implications of Brexit and the hurried passage of CETA through the European Parliament herald a new era in international trade policy.
The European Union still sees some chance of reviving the stalled U.S.-European trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said on Monday.
The E.U. Commission still sees some chance of reviving the stalled U.S.-European trade deal known as TTIP. That's despite Donald Trump making it abundantly clear how he feels about open markets and free trade.
Former World Trade Organisation chief and EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has denounced Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policy for being outdated, telling a EurActiv event he isn’t concerned that European politicians will follow the new US president’s cue.
As many people suspected, and as is becoming more and more obvious, the UK, with its sweatshop economy, weak productivity and huge trade deficit, is going to find itself in very chilly waters after we leave the EU
The pause in TTIP implementation process between the EU and the US will remain until the new US administration makes new steps, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom told Sputnik Wednesday.
The reaction in the EU to Donald Trump’s election was largely negative, as several political figures expressed concern at the consequences of a Trump presidency for Europe.