From 2015 to 2018, she was Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. JIM TOWNSEND is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he will be placing a 30% tariff on goods from Mexico and the European Union, marking a significant escalation between the United States and two of its biggest trade partners.

President Donald Trump announced 30% tariffs Saturday on the European Union, a move that will have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

The European Union is still hoping for a rough outline of a deal, even after President Trump talked about sending the bloc a letter outlining tariffs that would be imposed Aug. 1.

Germany and Europe need both diplomatic efforts vis-à-vis Russia and a credible deterrence as they transform the old continent into a regional and global power.

Europe faces existential threats. The only way to secure the continent’s future is for its individual countries to band together far more tightly than the EU.

Europeans have agreed to pay more for arms and want to spend it at home. But can its manufacturers rush to compete with dominant U.S. firms?

European leaders thrashed out a trade strategy with the United States at a summit in Brussels, ahead of a July 9 tariff deadline. Germany is pushing for a conciliatory approach, while France is calling for a firm hand.

GEOGRAPHY and economics, aided by time and the progress of industrial science, afford more than sufficient explanation for the change recently witnessed in the relationship of Latin America to its two magnets of political and economic attraction, a change involving a gradual drifting away from Europe in the direction of the United States.