Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US
Brussels plan would allow member states to bar foreign bidders from government contracts
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Four months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, governments are still agonising over how to approach an erratic, unpredictable American president
French president in talks with Germany and Poland over whether warheads can protect them against Russia
Also in this newsletter: can the EU build a ‘digital Airbus’?
In a world of growing disorder, the European project is now about hard power
Also in this newsletter: European parliament closes in on Europe’s wolves
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Bloc’s latest package of measures targets more than 20 businesses it accuses of helping Moscow evade restrictions
Also in this newsletter: more staff, less red tape for EU trade tsar in a hurry
Leaders Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk set to sign wide-ranging pact next week
Bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Brussels can maintain sanctions against Russia if Washington starts lifting its own
Draft terms require non-EU nations to negotiate agreements before their defence industries can get access
US offer to recognise annexation of territory alarms Kyiv and other European capitals
Also in this newsletter: Portugal triggers defence spending escape clause
Beijing steps up efforts to woo Brussels as 145% tariffs imposed by US seal off its biggest market
Also in this newsletter: MEPs urge the EU to cover gap left by US aid cuts in Ukraine
The long goodbye to the US-led world order means leaders must tread carefully
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British PM next month will host first summit with bloc’s leaders since Brexit
Also in this newsletter: Why Meloni holds the keys to the EU response to Trump’s tariffs
Also in this newsletter: First shots fired in the EU’s big budget debate
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