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“Smaller European countries are obsessed with the idea of maximum lethality for minimum cost,” said one industry source. “From that perspective, it would make sense to make use of these people who know how to make stuff that we know for sure works.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/26/ukr…

EU President Ursula von der Leyen wants her bloc to team up with a 12-nation Pacific trade group as Trump wreaks havoc on global trade. That could serve as a new platform for fans of rules-based trade. politico.eu/article/goodby…

Tim Groser, Steve Verheul & I have made a specific proposal - referred to in Politico - for a 39 country standstill - a commitment to abide by WTO, no illegal trade preferences to USA, & resist pressure to take WTO-illegal action against China. Full article on this later today.

The EU is done waiting on Washington. Brussels is courting CPTPP countries to redefine global trade — in an attempt to show that rules-based trade is still alive and kicking. My latest for POLITICOEurope with Graham Lanktree and Douglas Busvine👇 politico.eu/article/goodby…

Xi is *this* close to saying "overcapacity". On the tip of his tongue! China needs to “lawfully regulate enterprises’ disorderly low-price competition, guide companies to improve product quality, promote the orderly exit of outdated production capacity” scmp.com/economy/china-…

#US #Tariffs: Trump says tariff letters to 12 countries signed, going out this Monday | Reuters reuters.com/world/china/tr…

ICYMI 📰 | NFU President Tom Bradshaw's call for farming to be taken off the table in any future trade negotiations with the USA has been highlighted in POLITICOEurope's London Playbook PM newsletter. Read here 👉 ow.ly/5sGI50Wm8hm This also featured in the POLITICO Pro

Scoop: Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Japanese tech firm — heavily criticized over Horizon scandal — teams up with long-time Liz Truss ally to bid for Northern Ireland trade platform. Via Sophie Inge and me politico.eu/article/post-o…

Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Scoop from me and Graham Lanktree politico.eu/article/post-o…

🚨SCOOP from Sophie Inge and Graham Lanktree: The firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal is bidding for a £370 million government contract to keep running the border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

🚨 A left-wing breakaway under Labour’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana MP could slash the government’s vote share — and hurt the Greens too 🌱 w/ Zia Yusuf, Adrian Ramsay MP, Zack Polanski, and Luke Akehurst politico.eu/article/jeremy…

🆙 23%! Chipmaking equipment supplier ASML said impact of US tariffs was “a bit less negative than we anticipated”, as AI drove strong orders for its lithography machines. Sales in the Netherlands-based company’s second quarter rose 23% to €7.7bn

Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip politico.eu/article/britai…

Delighted to release BFPG’s 2025 Annual Public Opinion Survey. The survey highlights a watershed moment in UK foreign policy, as Britons turn their back on the ‘Special Relationship’ and pivot dramatically back to Europe. Here are 10 key findings - a 🧵(with graphs!).

Any attempt at forced China-U.S. "decoupling" bound to fail: commerce minister Any attempt to forcibly "decouple" China-U.S. economic and trade ties is destined to fail, China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Friday. The economic and trade relationship between China and

U.S. bank Wells Fargo has suspended all travel to China after one of its employees was barred from leaving the country, extending a trend of foreign executives caught up in probes by authorities that has chilled business sentiment.

Modi plans UK visit next week to sign India trade deal The trip would be the Indian PM’s first visit to the U.K. in seven years. politico.eu/article/narend…

Aircraft Carriers USS George Washington, HMS Prince of Wales Team Up off Australia — USNI News news.usni.org/2025/07/18/air…

Modi and Starmer hail a UK-India trade deal. But there’s plenty left unanswered. From me and Graham Lanktree politico.eu/article/uk-ind…

A good innings? The biggest winners in the UK-India trade deal From me and Graham Lanktree politico.eu/article/bigges…