Europe Today Watch: Brussels vs Washington—inside the high-stakes battle over the EU-US trade deal Tonight, European lawmakers and diplomats will meet in Strasbourg, desperately trying to prevent an all-out transatlantic trade war. The clock is ticking down to an unforgiving 4 July deadline set by Donald Trump. How did Europe end up in this mess? 19/05/2026
Europe Today It will be hard to survive if the EU does not speak with one voice, MEP tells Euronews The EU must realise that "it's difficult to survive" if it does not speak with one voice, Michael Bloss, a Greens MEP, tells Euronews. He made the comments off the back of US President Donald Trump visiting China to speak with President Xi Jinping about a raft of issues that could impact the bloc. 14/05/2026
Europe Today ‘We’re the two superpowers’ – so, where is Europe? As US President Donald Trump continues a closely-watched visit to Beijing to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping about trade and security, Europe is anxiously wondering how it will fit into what comes out. 14/05/2026
12 minutes with Partnership with EU ‘just getting started' - Canadian minister Canada’s foreign affairs minister points to the rise of middle powers in global diplomacy and says Ottawa's growing ties with the EU are “not just a policy response” to Donald Trump's tariff hammer. 12/05/2026
Europe Today Newsletter: Another Trump ultimatum, another fragile trade truce Also in this newsletter: Europe Today speaks to the EU's Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius as he's set to sign the EU's first defence loan deals under the €150-billion SAFE programme in Poland and Lithuania. 08/05/2026
Business New Gulf-Asia trade corridor in UAE-South Korea agreement The UAE signed a landmark trade deal with South Korea, the day after it left OPEC, while Qatar is also engaging with Seoul for its own trade agreement. The Gulf states are paving a structural trade corridor with Asia. 04/05/2026
Business Contentious EU-Mercosur trade deal takes provisional effect The EU-Mercosur free-trade deal took provisional effect on Friday despite a legal challenge before the Court of Justice of the European Union. 01/05/2026
Brussels, My Love? A vote on trade ties with Israel: Why is the EU so divided? The rejection by some EU member countries of a renewed proposal to suspend the EU-Israeli trade pact once again exposed persistent divisions within the EU27 over the Middle East. Why is the bloc so split on this issue? 24/04/2026
Europe News Mercosur: MEPs warn of concentration risk from quota system A letter obtained by Euronews is circulating among MEPs sounding the alarm on the potential abuse of the EU-Mercosur trade deal quota allocation system by South American Big Agriculture. 24/04/2026
Europe in Motion What does trade between the EU and Australia look like? The trade between the EU and Australia is expected to climb as much as 33% over the next decade after they signed a landmark deal. But how has their trade relationship developed so far? 30/03/2026
Europe News The EU's recipe for trade deals : easy on beef, tough on wine Within weeks, the European Commission has wrapped up deals with Mercosur, India and Australia. Yet despite the backlash over the Latin America agreement, Brussels is sticking to a familiar playbook: offensive on wine and cars, defensive on beef. 28/03/2026
Economy G'day to cheaper Champagne: EU-Australia deal boosts European products After eight years of fraught negotiations, Europe and Australia have finally struck a trade deal. From champagne to critical minerals, here is what changes — and for whom. 26/03/2026
Europe News Farmers angry after EU-Australia trade deal liberalises farm products The new EU-Australia trade deal has drawn criticism from farmers and MEPs, who argue that it will open the door to additional imports of sensitive products on top of those already agreed under the contentious Mercosur deal, while not providing full protection for certain EU regional products. 24/03/2026
Europe News Von der Leyen clinches Australia trade deal The European Commission clinched a trade deal with Canberra on Tuesday, liberalising flows of goods while keeping quotas on sensitive EU farm products and leaving Australia’s luxury car tax largely intact. 24/03/2026
Europe News EU says Mercosur deal set for provisional application from 1 May The EU executive finalised procedures to provisionally implement the contentious Mercosur trade deal, with tariff cuts on goods to take effect from 1 May despite a legal challenge at the EU Court of Justice. 23/03/2026
Business EU–Iran trade: Which countries have the strongest economic links? EU–Iran trade fell to its lowest level in two decades in 2025 due to sanctions. Trade continues on a limited scale, with Germany accounting for the largest share. 22/03/2026