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“There seems to be no order in the disorder. No clear path through the complexity and chaos that is being created, as all U.S. trading partners will be hit,” she said in a televised statement.  The EU chief executive said the bloc would ready countermeasures against Trump’s latest tariff broadside, in addition to a €26 billion package responding to tariffs he has already imposed on steel and aluminum. At the same time, she vowed, Brussels will work to protect the industries most exposed. “We are already finalizing the first package of countermeasures in response to tariffs on steel, and we…

– Musk geht, Trumps neue Zölle kommen: Chaos-Tage in der US-Administration. Jonathan Martin schätzt die Auswirkungen jenseits des Atlantik ein und Hans von der Burchard diesseits in der Europäischen Union.– Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Die geschäftsführende SPD-Bauministerin Klara Geywitz zur Frage, wie es mit dem Wohnungsbau in Deutschland weitergeht und ob sie Ministerin bleiben will.– König statt Koalitionsverhandlung: Warum SPD-Vize und Saarlands Ministerpräsidentin Anke Rehlinger ausgerechnet jetzt in die Niederlande zu Willem-Alexander fährt.  Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt,…

Elon Musk’s polarising role in leading US President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency may soon come to an end, with Trump telling reporters “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies.The White House has not disclosed any clear timeline for closing down DOGE, and the government cost-cutting organization was never supposed to become a permanent fixture in Washington. But it could be reaching a conclusion faster than anticipated. DOGE was originally intended to operate until July 4, 2026.Now there are signs that it already is winding down. DOGE employees have been shifted to various…

The GDPR is seen as one of Europe’s most complex pieces of legislation by the technology sector — and by businesses far and wide beyond tech — for how it forces companies doing business in Europe to manage their data and to handle the requests and rights of data subjects to that personal data. Its introduction in 2018 drew a deluge of desperate emails from firms asking for people’s consent to use their data. Seven years later, Brussels is taking out the scissors to give its (in)famous privacy law a trim. There are “a lot of good things about GDPR,…

“Instead of raising walls, we should bring down barriers,” Rasmussen said. “Europe will stand united. Europe will give robust and proportional answers.” Norwegian Trade Minister Cecilie Myrseth said Trump’s decision to level 15 percent tariffs on Norway — which is not an EU member — would have a “critical” impact on the country’s economy. “This is a serious day, and now, we need to get an overview of what this actually means for Norway,” she told broadcaster NRK, adding that tariffs against the EU also affected Oslo due to their expansive trade links. “We also send a lot of exports…

Selon les derniers chiffres de la société, l’UE est confrontée à un déficit d’approvisionnement en gaz et terminera l’hiver avec des réservoirs remplis au tiers seulement. Cela s’explique par “un hiver froid et sans vent, couplé à un choc d’approvisionnement venant de la Russie au début de l’année”, du fait de l’expiration d’un important accord de transit qui permettait à Moscou d’acheminer du gaz vers l’Europe via l’Ukraine. Washington se trouve donc dans une position privilégiée pour tirer profit de cette situation. Les nouvelles usines de GNL de Plaquemines en Louisiane et de Corpus Christi au Texas, achevées sous l’administration…

PARIS — Depuis plusieurs années, de nombreux parlementaires s’offusquent de l’absence de loi ambitieuse sur l’énergie. Il aura fallu un équilibre gouvernemental fragile, et une menace de censure du RN pour que l’hypothèse revienne sérieusement sur la table. “Il est normal que le Parlement s’exprime sur un sujet aussi important”, a tranché François Bayrou, annonçant ce mercredi au Figaro la tenue prochaine d’un débat sans vote sur la programmation énergétique, mais aussi l’examen d’une proposition de loi déjà adoptée au Sénat, déposée par Daniel Gremillet (LR). Le matin même, Marine Le Pen avait réitéré dans Le Parisien sa menace de…

US President Donald Trump unveiled the much-anticipated “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in a speech at the White House Rose Garden, imposing a minimum 10% tariff on all countries and additional levies on approximately 60 nations deemed the worst offenders.During his address, Trump displayed a chart listing the countries subject to higher tariffs, with China, the European Union, and Vietnam facing rates of 34%, 20%, and 46%, respectively. Other nations, including Japan, South Korea, India, Cambodia, and Taiwan, will be hit with import duties of 24%, 25%, 26%, 49%, and 32%, respectively.“April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day…

A White House official said the 10 percent tariff would take effect early the morning of April 5 and the additional tariff on the worst offenders on April 9.  “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” Trump said in the White House Rose Garden. “Now we’re going to charge the European Union. They’re very tough. Very, very tough traders. You know, you think of the European Union, very friendly. They rip us off. It’s so sad to see. It’s so pathetic,” Trump said.  “We are going…

According to a court timetable available on site at the Brussels Palace of Justice, the suspects include a lobbyist from Huawei as well as a senior executive and a procurement manager of the Chinese tech firm. The higher profile Huawei employees can be named as Han W. and Valerio O. All are suspected of corruption, participation in a criminal organization and money laundering. They are presumed innocent. Two other defendants are contractors, including one from Forum Europe who is charged with “active corruption of a person holding a public office in an organization governed by public international law,” according to the…