
Douglas Busvine
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Road-worn hack. Now editing Trade & Agri at POLITICO Europe. 📩 [email protected]
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Forget about Trump’s tariffs against the EU. What terrifies Brussels are the tariffs he is threatening against China, which ripple effect ‘can come crashing down on us sooner than we’d like,’ said one EU diplomat. With Camille Gijs Giovanna Coi politico.eu/article/europe…

By sealing the Mercosur trade deal, Ursula von der Leyen’s first act in her second term as Commission chief is inflaming a Franco-German rift and threatening to shake the foundations on which the EU is built. Giorgio Leali Nette Nöstlinger Clea Caulcutt shorturl.at/D5VW6

The EU is coming to realize that it may need to get on board with Trump’s looming trade war against China. The fear is that a flood of Chinese exports would be pushed to Europe by an insurmountable U.S. tariff wall. With Barbara Moens Giovanna Coi politico.eu/article/europe…



If you don’t know who’s set to re-elect himself as Belarus’s dictator on January 26, read my new cover story for POLITICOEurope . Based on phone calls, I gathered evidence showing how the man who jails the Belarusians hypocritically weaponises migrants for his games. #Belarus




The overall picture of 🇪🇺🇺🇸 trade relations shows a robust level playing field for businesses on both sides 👉the deficits in goods + services nearly balance out 👉EU FDI in the U.S. totals $2.8 trillion. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. My remarks American Enterprise Institute: europa.eu/!RdyRPP




How it feels to be a European Commission spokesperson at the present moment in time.


Q: “It sounds like you're saying that if the US does not return to fair trade as you describe it, that Europe will look elsewhere.” EU Trade Chief Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺: “I think we already are, to be honest, because I think that was always our motto, our agenda that we are the biggest


New: President Trump’s approach to trade talks is making it difficult for foreign governments to sell agreements at home. In India, his claim of brokering India-Pakistan peace is riling Indians — making it harder to sell a trade deal. w/ Daniel Desrochers politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work? Important story from Jakob Weizman Graham Lanktree and Douglas Busvine politico.eu/article/goodby…