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Kim Mackrael

ARTICLES BY KIM MACKRAEL

A Mercedes-Benz car on the assembly line in Germany.

Trump’s latest tariff threat is a wake-up call for US trade partners

5 min read . 07 May 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky react at the end of a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on April 14, 2026 during German-Ukrainian government consultations. (AFP)

Ukraine is Europe’s war now

4 min read . 25 Apr 2026

Volkswagen is among the European companies warning of a possible hit to their bottom line. REUTERS/Carmen Jaspersen/File Photo (REUTERS)

Iran war hits Europe with an energy shock it can’t afford to absorb

5 min read . 16 Mar 2026

Shipping containers at a port in eastern China. (AFP)

Tariff ruling brings little comfort overseas

4 min read . 21 Feb 2026

X owner Elon Musk. (File Photo: Reuters)

X’s Paris office raided by prosecutors amid probe into deepfakes

1 min read . 03 Feb 2026

For decades, Europe has relied on the U.S. for security, Russia for energy and China as a growing export market.

Europe got tough with Trump, but it needs the US as much as ever

4 min read . 28 Jan 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks at dinner hosted by the Canada-China Business Council in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (The Canadian Press via AP)

Stung by Trump, America’s top trading partners cozy up to China

5 min read . 27 Jan 2026

Amazon Web Services, which exhibited at this German trade fair last year, is among a few U.S. providers that dominate Europe’s cloud spending. (Reuters)

Europe prepares for a nightmare scenario: The US blocking access to tech

6 min read . 24 Jan 2026

Boeing would be a significant casualty if the proposed EU tariffs are imposed. (File Photo: Reuters)

The $100 billion of US goods at risk of tariffs in Trump’s Greenland push

5 min read . 20 Jan 2026

The U.S.’s desire to take control of Greenland has prompted trans-Atlantic tensions.

Trump links Greenland threats to missing out on Nobel Prize

3 min read . 20 Jan 2026

US President Donald Trump pledged to impose the 10% tariffs against Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland starting Feb. 1. (Bloomberg)

Trump links Greenland threats to missing out on Nobel Prize

3 min read . 19 Jan 2026

The European Union already has a list of U.S. goods worth more than $100 billion on which it could impose retaliatory tariffs. (via REUTERS)

Europe is bracing for a new trade fight with Trump. Here are its options.

5 min read . 19 Jan 2026

Rare-earth magnets are widely used in products such as electric cars and wind turbines.

A new rare-earths plant in Europe shows how tough breaking China’s grip will be

4 min read . 16 Nov 2025

The EU plan would involve lending Ukraine money using the cash reserves that have built up at the European Central Bank as the Russian assets at Euroclear have matured. (REUTERS)

Ukraine’s $200 Billion lifeline from Europe stumbles on pushback in Belgium

4 min read . 15 Nov 2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Trump pressed EU for tariffs on China, India in Russia sanctions talks

2 min read . 10 Sept 2025

A steel plant in Remscheid, in western Germany. Photo: thilo schmuelgen/Reuters

The EU’s trade truce with the US is in danger of unravelling

5 min read . 07 Sept 2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Trump in Scotland this summer.

Meet the woman Trump calls Europe’s most powerful leader

6 min read . 03 Sept 2025

U.S. Trading Partners Race to Secure Exemptions From Trump’s Tariffs

US trading partners race to secure exemptions from Trump’s tariffs

4 min read . 07 Aug 2025

Tariffs of 15% are “certainly a challenge for some,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said (Reuters)

How Trump got the upper hand over the EU on tariffs

5 min read . 29 Jul 2025

More than $5 billion of goods and services moves between the two economies every day, according to EU data. (AFP)

Europe prepares for a US trade fight

5 min read . 21 Jul 2025