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European Union Blasts Trump Tariff Threats as Starmer Visits White House
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UK's Starmer meets Trump at White House amid divide between US, Europe over Ukraine peace deal
Trump-Starmer meeting live: Trump greets Starmer at the White House for talks over Ukraine
US President Donald Trump greeted his British counterpart Sir Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday, ahead of bilateral talks between the two leaders over the future of Ukraine. Starmer will urge Trump to provide US military cover to secure peace in Ukraine and to make it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that any future aggression from Moscow would be repelled.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned US Vice President JD Vance’s overture to Germany’s far right as a direct intervention in the country’s democracy, marking a new low point in transatlantic relations after Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
A White House official, however, said Trump’s previous March 4 deadline for the 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods remained in effect “as of this moment,” pending his review of Mexican and Canadian actions to secure their borders and halt the flow of migrants and the opioid fentanyl into the U.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the White House. The two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine as well as Trump's proposed tariffs on the European Union,
The U.S. is considering 25% tariffs on the European Union, President Trump said at the White House on Wednesday, adding more detail to the tariff threat he has issued against the 27-nation bloc. Trump had previously said he would target the EU with tariffs in response to the bloc’s own duties,
The European Union is broadening the list of U.S. goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if the White House imposes duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.
On Wednesday UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet EU finance ministers at a G20 meeting in Cape Town to discuss a new funding mechanism to rebuild the continent’s enfeebled defences. On Thursday Starmer meets President Trump at the White House to plead with him to maintain the US security guarantee in Europe,
European leaders lined up to show solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after he came under attack from U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a stunning White House shouting match.
On Ukraine: Donald Trump said peace in the country will come "fairly soon" or not "at all" and that "progress towards peace" will continue when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the White House tomorrow. He also praised Ukrainians' bravery
The leaders are due to discuss - and potentially sign - an agreement which would give the US access to rare Ukrainian minerals.
On migration, the memo said U.S. officials, including Rubio, should refer to Europe’s “de facto open borders policy” as a “disaster” that must end. Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration and carrying out mass deportations a signature priority.
President Trump was positive on relations with China, while he told his cabinet the EU had been formed to "screw" the United States.
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