President Trump has promised to roll out taxes on imports from other countries on Wednesday. European Commission president says EU, if forced to do so, will retaliate.

“Europe is critically short of key enablers—command-and-control, long-range strike capability (crucial for suppression of enemy air defenses) intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance, artillery systems, drones and counter-drone systems, air-defense, airborne transport, logistical tail, and sufficient munitions,” he said.

Europe wants to cooperate with the United States but the EU is ready to respond as one if Washington leaves it no choice by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday.

If there is one bright spot in Trump’s cacophony of trade threats, it is that the conversation on how to improve the global regulatory space for the average consumer has been recalibrated.

The U.S. on Tuesday moved to assuage outrage in France and elsewhere over a “worldwide” ask that companies dealing with U.S. embassies sign an anti-DEI pledge.

Europe has "a strong plan" for striking back at the United States in response to Donald Trump’s tariff hikes "if necessary," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. "I hear Americans,

It will come as no surprise that views of the United States have plummeted in Europe and views of the European Union have become more positive since Donald Trump’s inauguration. But buried in the data is another interesting story that has received less attention.

If Washington doesn't restore its credibility as an ally to Europe, it might find itself alone to face its next security crisis.

The split between Europe and the United States over how to end the war is exposing a new, disorienting reality for an alliance in trouble.