
EU to Double Tariffs on Foreign Steel to Counter Chinese Imports
Brussels trade chief says new 50% steel tariffs are vital for Europe’s strategic autonomy and industrial strength.

Brussels trade chief says new 50% steel tariffs are vital for Europe’s strategic autonomy and industrial strength.

Brussels looks for ways to keep the Strait of Hormuz open without sending ships, while the Commission rules out buying Russian gas and Trump demands that NATO prove its loyalty.

“If anyone thinks here … that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming. You can’t,” Rutte said.

The trade war with China leaves the automotive industry without key components and no immediate alternatives.

Far from acting as a balancing power between East and West, Turkey has become a tactical opportunist, leveraging its NATO membership to extract concessions from the West.

Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is winning not due to ideological superiority, but because leaders like Macron have failed to resist Brussels’ centralizing agenda.