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🚨 BREAKING: European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office. Full story:

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The EU said yesterday it was ready to deploy its strongest trade weapon against the US after President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs and scorned the EU as having been created to “screw” America.

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There was another greatest-ever deal on rare earth minerals. In 2017. With Afganistan

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Trump: The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States. The EU: Go ahead, make our day. #tariffs www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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The US is now seeking to condition access to the US market on subordination to US preferences on regulation and taxation. The EU cannot accept this. mailings.cer.eu/insights/tru...

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The artless deal www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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White House just clarified to me that Trump yesterday wasn’t promising that the big Canada/Mexico tariffs are coming in March 4 Says that tariff’s fate is still TBD. Says yesterday he was talking about something different www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

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Alcoa says aluminum tariffs will cost U.S. jobs--and not prompt them to increase their domestic aluminum production. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Tesla starts 2025 with sharp drop in sales in Europe https://www.ft.com/content/cdd0b5c8-2703-4fd4-9ebf-26087cac8523

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A land divided @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/germ...

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The EU and India are set to inch closer on trade, EVs and chips at the Trade & Tech Council on Feb 28, per draft statement. Brussels wants to keep India on its side as geopolitical tensions mount with U.S. & China. @jordyndahl.bsky.social @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

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Von der Leyen is on her way to New Dehli to meet with PM Modi for the Trade & Tech Council on Feb 28, We got our hands on the draft joint statement and the EU and India are set to inch closer on trade and EVs. With @camgijs.bsky.social, @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

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Is Germany’s far right really attracting Jewish voters? A good question, very well answered by the talented @jakobweizman.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/germ...

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This is your brain on meme: Erratic Elon Musk Waves Chainsaw Around While Ranting About Memes and Fort Knox www.thedailybeast.com//elon-musk-w...

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A @nytimes.com op-ed by Ben Harris & me. When financial markets start to worry that the bus could go careening off the side of the cliff - we will get the fiscal crisis that people have worried about for decades. Brought on by political malpractice. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

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Drill baby drill: The US holds talks with Russia and here's an early result

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"What chance does an unknown epidemiologist, or food safety inspector, have against the unfiltered enmity of the world’s richest man?" Me on Musk's mix of Orwellian nastiness and lawless self-dealing. on.ft.com/4k4ZkXl

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EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič is taking a suitcase full of peace offerings to Washington to try and avert a transatlantic trade war: Gas, cars, guns ... and more. Worth your time, from @camgijs.bsky.social @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and @jordyndahl.bsky.social

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This is an exceptional analysis piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the implications of the Trump Administration's stance towards Europe for Europe I want to say it's highly provocative, but I fear it's the basecase. A rupture and realignment, unfolding before us www.ft.com/content/11f1...

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US President Donald Trump's insistence that Ukraine won't join NATO was "clumsy" and a "mistake," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at the Munich Security Conference today.

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The European Commission is preparing to scrap a crucial financial safeguard in the EU’s €386 billion Common Agricultural Policy — a move billed as “simplification” that critics say will weaken oversight on how billions in farm subsidies are spent.

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JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech www.politico.eu/article/us-v...

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US President Donald Trump could go after “value-added tax” schemes used throughout Europe as he ramps up tariffs threats against the rest of the world.

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The EU’s strategy to counter Trump’s tariffs: An iron fist in a velvet glove (It might take a while to land that haymaker punch, though.) Great overview of Brussels’ options from @camgijs.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

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The big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU How to milk CAP entitlements: More land, more money. Big read by @nstamouli.bsky.social — finally available to read for free. www.politico.eu/article/gree...

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"You have been warned". Cheerful read of the day. www.ft.com/content/8d1a...

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Das Auto in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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US President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza is illegal under international law and “amounts to ethnic cleansing,” the United Nations’ top investigator on human rights in Palestine told POLITICO.

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Good question: Can Europe afford to be the world’s last free-trader? www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

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A very good thought experiment. I’d lean more into a debt and dollar crisis, rather than the AI bubble bursting, as the main catalyst for things to lurch from “gradually” to “suddenly”. on.ft.com/40MCpHz

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Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe

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Any takers for a balanced trade club upheld by a two-tier tariff system — low for insiders, high for outsiders? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

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Where are the pain points in the next transatlantic trade war? Superb infographic by the one and only @gi-coi.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-u...

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Vote in haste, repent at leisure … on.ft.com/3CBBEZT

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I want to talk a bit about Politico Pro. What is it? It's a subscription-based news service whose target audience is anyone working closely with policy and legislation. It is not funded or subsidised by USAID. Most people are unfamiliar with it; here's what it is. 1/🧵

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Note to Our Readers POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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EU hires Trump-linked lobbying firm DCI Group to advise on trade — the client roster includes sanctioned organizations, the Azeri government, oil companies ... and many more. Scoop by @elisabraun.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-h...

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NEW COLUMN: Tariffs on friends. Threats to invade allies. Freezing foreign aid. Ignoring Congress. Trump is the U.S. president China fantasizes about. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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There could hardly be a more insane headline than this - the whole of the US's foreign intelligence service being offered redundancy. This is going to end very badly, for America & (despite the CIA's bad press) many other countries whose security benefits from intelligence sharing.

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If I were a ratings agency, and I heard someone in authority make the argument that the USG — with a debt stock at 100% of GDP & federal spending of 23% GDP — could be funded largely on tariff revenues of 3% of GDP (20% tariffs on imports of 15% GDP), I would cut USTs to junk for sheer innumeracy.

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“They’re not following the law, they’re not following any semblance of best practice, they’re just hacking and slashing government IT systems.” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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The EU is risking its fragile unity by whacking China to woo Trump By @jordyndahl.bsky.social and @camgijs.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...

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