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No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now

19 août 2025 à 14:35
As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.

© Stephane Mahe/Reuters

As the United States and the European Union move closer to a final trade agreement, it looks like alcohol will be subject to a 15 percent tariff.
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What Lobsters and Chickens Reveal About Europe’s Trade Strategy

9 août 2025 à 00:01
The European Union struck a trade deal that protected political priorities, like chicken and beef standards, while allowing headline-grabbing concessions. Consider lobsters.

© Tristan Spinski for The New York Times

Freshly caught lobsters last year in Stonington, Maine.

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

7 août 2025 à 10:23
The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.

© Hilary Swift for The New York Times

The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency.

E.U. Did Not Retain Texts Sought by Journalists on Covid Vaccine Deal

1 août 2025 à 00:07
The European Union acknowledged for the first time that a top official reviewed the messages, but said it had no duty to keep them, despite intense interest.

© Pool photo by Toby Melville

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, London, in March.
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