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The mood music from Washington is that this 10% tariff is not for negotiation with anyone. That is the baseline tariff that has been levied on nearly all of the US trading partners.

A UK-US deal sounds good but what does it mean

After Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House in February, the UK delegation referred to what was being negotiated as an "economic deal"

At a time of unprecedented Chinese competition, Trump’s policies are simultaneously severely weakening the twin fundamentals of American—and by extension Western—global dominance: its economic exceptionalism and the transatlantic alliance. This is the kind of turmoil the West has been immune to, despite previous considerable crises, because the United States had managed to remain a stable stalwart on fundamentals for eight decades.

The US is the west’s Achilles’ heel, but not all is doomed

Trump’s policies are undermining Western hegemony. To face the upcoming AI revolution, Europeans should aim to rebalance and leverage transatlantic cooperation

For Fidanza, Trump’s recent tariff suspension carries a broader geopolitical message: it signals US interest in forming a unified Western economic front to counterbalance China’s global industrial expansion. This strategy goes beyond merely addressing the US trade deficit, although that remains an important consideration given America’s substantial public debt.

Inside Meloni’s strategy ahead of her meeting with Trump

Meloni aims to position herself as a catalyst capable of reigniting stalled EU-US trade dialogue

The EU–UK defence pact promises stronger military planning, cyber defence collaboration, and intelligence sharing, all essential as global threats escalate. Instead, Brussels appears petty, fragmented, and unserious. Adversaries like Russia and China are surely watching with interest.

EU-UK Defence Pact snagged in a fishing net

How can Europe expect to be seen as a serious power when fish takes priority over closer defence ties with the UK?

For France, that could mean clarifying its vital interests and going beyond presidential speeches that require explaining to be correctly understood by allies—but without sharing nuclear decisionmaking or stationing warheads abroad. Those are currently a no-go for Paris. Conventional forces, missile defense, and deep precision strikes must also be part of the equation. Instead of obsessing over warhead numbers, why not start by reinforcing French deployments on NATO’s Eastern flank?

Taking the pulse: Can Europeans build their independent extended nuclear deterrent?

Confronted with a U.S. disengagement and the Russian threat, Europeans are reconsidering their stance on nuclear deterrence. Given the capabilities of the French and British arsenals, can Europe develop an independent nuclear deterrent?

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