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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 9d

The European Commission is eyeing a possible signature of its long-awaited partnership agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries on Dec. 5 in Brazil, four EU diplomats told @politico.eu

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Brussels aims to sign Mercosur trade deal on Dec. 5

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade has pushed the EU toward completing its long-awaited agreement with the South American bloc.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 15d

Trump's tariff game can sometimes seem like a highly technical, unpredictable and abstract calculation. But for locals on the Irish coast, power politics determine no less than their personal future.

My dispatch

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Ireland’s ‘Viagra Village’ in the eye of Trump’s tariff storm

Investments by U.S. Big Pharma in Ireland’s County Cork have brought jobs and prosperity. Donald Trump’s tariffs could change all that.

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Marianne Gros @mariannegros.bsky.social · 16d

The EU ombudsman will investigate the commission’s decision to delete a text exchange between Macron and von der Leyen about the Mercosur trade deal.

@politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀

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EU watchdog probes Macron’s text to von der Leyen requesting Mercosur delay

The EU executive could not provide access to a text message from the French president to the Commission president, first revealed by POLITICO.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 17d

Earlier this month, I cycled around Ringaskiddy in southwestern Ireland with the aim of putting a human face to the impacts of Donald Trump's tariff games.

Here's the story.

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Ireland’s ‘Viagra Village’ in the eye of Trump’s tariff storm

Investments by U.S. Big Pharma in Ireland’s County Cork have brought jobs and prosperity. Donald Trump’s tariffs could change all that.

www.politico.eu

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Camille Gijs @camgijs.bsky.social · 17d

Some goodies for our Pros this morning 👀

1) Ahead of today’s round of negotiations on how the EU will go about screening foreign investments, I’ve got my hands on the 4-column document outlining the bloc’s latest thinking.

Spoiler? The two big fights remain.

pro.politico.eu/news/205173

POLITICO Pro

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 18d

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to pull off a grand diplomatic coup on Monday by collecting several Western countries together to recognize a Palestinian state, but he’s a long way from delivering a genuine breakthrough in Gaza.

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Macron wants a big diplomatic win on Palestinian statehood. But Europe is split.

The French president is seeking to build a diplomatic counterweight against U.S. support for Israel, but his efforts will do little to end the war in Gaza.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21d

During the UN General Assembly next week, a growing number of nations are bucking the Trump administration to recognize a Palestinian state.

But the move highlights the limited options available to countries that want to break with Washington on Israel.

Europe, Canada, Saudi Arabia poke at Trump with Palestinian statehood

France and others frustrated with U.S. inaction on Israel have few options to reorient the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 23d

Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas unveiled plans to downgrade trade ties with Israel over findings of human rights abuses in Gaza.

The measures would only target some 37 percent of Israel’s total exports to the EU, but mark a major shift in the bloc's approach.

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EU unveils plan to hit Israel with tariffs, sanctions amid Gaza war outcry

European Commission moves to get tough on Israel — but now it needs member countries on board.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 23d

The EU wants to boost cooperation with India, including on defense — just as U.S. President Donald Trump pressures it to slam New Delhi with massive tariffs over its enablement of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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EU wants closer India ties despite Russia links

The bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas warns that Indian oil purchases from Russia are “an obstacle” to closer ties.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · 23d

The EU plans to propose sanctions on more Chinese companies linked to the Kremlin’s war effort this week, as part of its efforts to persuade Trump to finally press Russia to end its war.

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EU plans more sanctions on China. Will that be enough for Trump?

Donald Trump says he’ll slap a harsh embargo on the Kremlin if Brussels turns the screws on China, but EU diplomats suspect the U.S. president is stalling.

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Victor Jack @victorjack.bsky.social · 24d

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If Donald Trump is going to slap sanctions on Russia, there are a few things he’d like NATO allies to do first.

But meeting some of these demands will be easier than others. w/ @camgijs.bsky.social @zimmerfrau.bsky.social @gabrielgavin.bsky.social

Quit Russian oil? For the EU, Trump’s other demands are even harder.

From facing down Hungary and Slovakia to taking on Turkey and China, meeting the U.S. president’s requests will be challenging.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28d

A coalition of European leaders has convinced US President Donald Trump that Russia is not interested in ending its war in Ukraine and must be forced to the negotiating table.

Now they have to persuade an unpredictable White House to agree on how to make that happen.

Trump finally wants to put the squeeze on Russia. Now comes the hard part.

Europe targets new sanctions on Moscow. Washington eyes tariffs and trade deals.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · Sep 10

European lawmakers accused Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of striking a bad, one-sided trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump after she defended the accord in her annual State of the Union address Wednesday.

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Parliament chiefs seize moment to savage von der Leyen for her Trump trade deal

European Commission boss gets a rough ride from European lawmakers after defending her transatlantic agreement.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · Sep 10

President Ursula von der Leyen used her annual State of the Union speech to announce the European Commission will take a tougher approach on Israel ― including by proposing a suspension of the EU's trade accord with the country.

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Von der Leyen vows to punish Israel’s ‘extremist ministers’ and pause payments

“What is happening in Gaza is unacceptable,” EU Commission president tells a noisy European Parliament during State of Union address.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · Sep 3

My favourite kind of workday. Story coming soon!

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 2

EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič today made an 11th-hour intervention to stop the EU Commission issuing a penalty on U.S. tech giant Google for its search advertising practices, amid continued trade threats from President Donald Trump.

EU Google antitrust penalty halted amid Trump’s tariff threats

The decision was paused by Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič against the wishes of Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 1

European Council President António Costa appeared to concede the war in Ukraine was a factor in the EU's accepting its much-criticized trade deal with the United States, in a major break from the official line taken by the EU executive.

Costa breaks ranks on EU-US trade deal, fires warning shot at Trump

The European Council president appears to admit the war in Ukraine was a factor in accepting the bloc’s lopsided pact with Washington.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ursula von der Leyen’s dash to Donald Trump’s golf resort in Scotland last month to seal an unbalanced trade deal has raised fears among politicians and analysts that Europe has lost the leverage that it once thought it had as a leading global trade power.

My latest

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Europe’s ‘century of humiliation’ could be just beginning

Donald Trump is using America’s military and technological superiority to force one-sided deals on Europe.

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Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social · Aug 26

The ink is still drying on a leaders’ statement formalizing a tariff deal between the EU and the United States, and President Donald Trump is already threatening to tear it up.

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EU faces first test of fragile trade truce with Trump

Donald Trump’s threat to target the bloc’s digital rules comes days after joint agreement on trade.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Aug 26

The European Commission defended today the bloc’s right to set and enforce its own tech rules, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on countries with digital policies he considers “discriminatory.”

EU resists Trump: Tech regulation is our ‘sovereign’ right

U.S. president launches attack on Europe’s digital rules, drawing opposition from Brussels.

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · Aug 26

In the latest edition of Most Favoured Nation, I attempt to work out the US tariff on EU-made golf carts.

With some high quality data viz

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · Aug 26

The fight for regulatory sovereignty has only just begun.

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Camille Gijs @camgijs.bsky.social · Aug 25

Europe has lectured Beijing, Washington and New Delhi for years on the importance of rules-based trade.

Now, following its not-so-free-trade-friendly trade deal with Trump, the bloc is struggling to reconcile principles and reality.

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Trump deal threatens EU’s image as champion of rules-based trade

The fragile tariff truce has spared Europe from the U.S. president’s wrath and kept him on board on Ukraine so far — but at a reputational cost.

www.politico.eu

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 11

An Israeli strike near a hospital in Gaza City killed four Al Jazeera journalists. Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent, was among those killed. Israel said it had targeted al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas. nyti.ms/3USbw2a

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · Aug 6

This is not over.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 5

Trump on his EU trade deal: "The details are $600 billion to invest in anything I want. Anything. I can do anything I want with it."

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