During a rally at a steel plant the US president announced that he will raise tariffs on steel imports from 25 to 50 per cent. He then announced the same for aluminium. The measure, which would hit Europe hard, is supposed to come into force on 4 June Trump said.
Category: 3. Europe
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Trump announces 50% increase on steel and aluminium tariffs
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What Asia can learn from European rearmament
TALLINN, Estonia — Europe is undergoing its most dramatic security realignment since the end of the Cold War, a shift with far-reaching implications for the continent and beyond. At the heart of this transformation is a growing determination to…
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Hegseth warns Asia allies that China threat is ‘imminent’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a stark warning to Asian allies on Saturday, portraying the threat China poses to the region as “real, and it could be imminent.”
In his first speech to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth was blunt about Washington’s view of the…
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Trump says he’ll double steel tariff to 50 percent
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is doubling his tariff on steel to 50 percent, from 25 percent currently, to prevent billions of dollars worth of foreign steel from continuing to enter the United States.
“At 50 percent, they can no longer get over the fence,” Trump said…
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PBS sues Trump administration over order to revoke federal funding
PBS is suing President Donald Trump and other members of his administration in an effort to halt his order stripping federal funding from the television network.
The lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that “regardless of any policy disagreements over the role of public television, our…
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Adorable grandmas sharing spring rolls take top prize at World Food Photography Awards
Nearly 10,000 entries from 70 countries were submitted to this year’s World Food Photography Awards – but it was a joyful image of five grandmothers sharing spring rolls that took the top prize.
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Europe’s US-backed conservatives hope this is their moment to go mainstream
Nick ThorpeCentral Europe correspondent
ZOLTAN FISCHER/HUNGARIAN PM HANDOUTHungary’s Viktor Orban described President Trump as a “truth serum” It’s been a big week in Europe for CPAC, the US Conservative Political Action Conference, with large gatherings in Poland and Hungary.
The timing is…
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Only two European states have net zero military emissions target, data shows | Europe
Just two of 30 European countries have set a date to stop their militaries from emitting planet-heating emissions, a Guardian analysis has found, raising concerns about the carbon cost of Europe’s coming rearmament wave.
Austria and Slovenia are…
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Save the Amalfi Coast for spring to escape the crowds and hike beneath lemon blossom
ADVERTISEMENTBeneath the hot May sunshine, lemon groves, their winter hail-protection netting just removed, perfume the air with their sweet, zesty flowers. The trees, already laden with pale yellow fruit, crowd the narrow footpath that climbs along the cliff above the town of Amalfi.
I…
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Brussels, my love? War in Gaza – what's Netanyahu's endgame?
In this week’s edition of Brussels, my love?, panelists are discussing the situation in Gaza, the latest European defence initiative and another fight between Brussels and Hungary.
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