A new world order is redirecting capital from the U.S. toward Europe, says former Goldman Sachs commodity chief

U.S. power was built on ‘bonds, barrels and bombs,” but that’s changing, says Goldman’s former commodity chief. Read More

World leaders react to von der Leyen's re-election as EU Commission chief | Reuters

BRUSSELS, July 18 (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen secured the backing of EU lawmakers on Thursday for another five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body. Read More

After Trump-Zelensky blowup, Europe may be more willing to seize frozen Russian assets while EU official says ‘free world needs a new leader’ - MSN

The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, signaled after the Trump-Zelensky shouting match on Friday that Europe will try to fill the void. "The free world needs a new leader," she said. "It’s up to ... Read More

How EU Takes Bigger Defence Role Is Main Europe-US Issue, Costa Says - U.S. News & World Report

At the same time, the EU and the U.S. are in negotiations on rebalancing their trade relationship, with Washington pushing to reduce its trade deficit with Europe in trade in goods. Read More

'The EU awakening: priorities for strengthening Europe in the world' - Speech by President António Costa at the Cercle d'Economia event - Consilium

A world where economic strength is once again inseparable from security. That is why our Strategic Agenda – as agreed by the European Council – focuses on the priorities of security and ... Read More

Can Europe afford to be the world’s last free-trader? - The Economist

But of the world’s three major economic blocs, the EU is the only one that could plausibly hide behind trade barricades—leaving its firms serving a market of over 400m mostly rich consumers ... Read More

Trump paused a larger trade war with the EU. Here's where his trade talks stand around the world. - MSN

President Donald Trump pulled back from threatening a larger trade war with Europe, again. On May 23, Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on the EU starting on June 1. He later told reporters ... Read More

Fusion energy could be ‘decisive’ for Europe's energy security - TNW

Fusion energy could reduce Europe's dependence on foreign powers such as the US, China, and Russia, according to the CEO of Proxima Fusion. Read More

Britain and European Union hold first summit since Brexit : NPR

With a war in Ukraine and the U.S. rethinking alliances, Britain and the European Union may need each other more than they thought. Here's what happened at Monday's summit — and what didn't. Read More

The EU Will Soon Discover the Only Closed Economy Is the World's

The EU is soon to intimately understand a truth too often lost on politicians and regulators: the only closed economy is the world economy. This will become apparent in the aftermath of the EU’s ... Read More

Japan-Europe: The security alliance the world needs now

Japan and the European Union have much in common. They’re two iconic symbols of U.S.-led reconstruction, pacification and democratization after World War II. Their global rise in the subsequent ... Read More