President Donald Trump on Thursday explicitly endorsed NATO’s mutual defense clause after failing to do so during his previous European trip. Speaking in Warsaw, Poland, Trump defended his calls for allies in the 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization to pay more for their defense. He then endorsed Article 5, which ensures that allies will come […]
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UK cannot leave single market and keep all its benefits, EU chief negotiator says
The U.K. cannot expect to leave the single market and keep all of its trade benefits, the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday. Barnier told an EU business forum in Brussels that “frictionless trade” between Europe and the U.K. would “not (be) possible” if the U.K. decided to leave the EU’s […]
Read more[The stream is slated to start at 7:10 a.m., ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump speaks Thursday morning in Poland. The remarks in Warsaw come ahead of the G-20 summit in Germany, where the president will face talks with his counterparts about […]
Read moreJapan and the European Union have formally agreed an outline free trade deal which will ease the movement of goods between two of the world’s largest economies. The pact, though still requiring some further negotiation, is scheduled to come into effect in early-2019 and will guarantee tariff-free trade between businesses within the two regions. Japanese […]
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Trump claims Russia could have ‘very well’ interfered in the US election
President Donald Trump thinks that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election but also believes that there could have been other countries involved. “Well I think it was Russia and I think it could have been other people and other countries. It could have been a lot of people that interfered,” Trump said at a […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump has called on his foreign allies to take action against North Korea’s missile threat. Speaking in Warsaw in Poland Thursday, where Trump is meeting with his NATO partners, the U.S. president said that North Korea is behaving in a “very, very dangerous manner” and that something needs to be done about it. […]
Read moreU.K. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter, suggesting he would like a degree of freedom. “I think actually that Donald Trump’s approach to politics has been something that has gripped the imagination of people around the world. He’s engaged people in politics in a way that we haven’t […]
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Trump to say 'fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive'
U.S. President Donald Trump will praise individual freedom and sovereignty on Thursday in what seem to be comments directed squarely at the Europe Union. Excerpts of the speech in Warsaw, Poland, were released by the White House on Thursday morning and show that President Trump will condemn government bureaucracy. “On both sides of the Atlantic, […]
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This weekend marks a number of hotly anticipated first encounters between world leaders, but chief among them will be that of Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair’s first face-to-face meeting, due to take place on the summit’s sidelines on Friday morning, will be closely watched at a time when ties between the two […]
Read moreWith President Donald Trump due to arrive in Germany later on Thursday, a lawmaker in the country has voiced concerns over a potential trade war between the U.S. and Europe as a result of Trump’s protectionist policies. The two countries have been on uneasy ground concerning trade since Trump took office, with the U.S. president […]
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