Europe sees opportunity in Trump’s economic chaos

by | Mar 21, 2025 | banks, Bonds, Central Banker, Currency, Digital Currency, ESM, Eurozone, financial services, investment, Markets, policy, Politics, stability, trade, trade war, US, war

BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump is doing his best to upturn the global financial order — one which he claims is rigged against America’s interests. But under the cover of the ongoing chaos, Europe spies an opportunity to advance its own financial...

ECB’s Lagarde: EU needs to be ready for tariff ‘blackmail’ in age of Trump

by | Mar 20, 2025 | banks, Central Banker, Central banks, Competition and Industrial Policy, Cooperation, Eurozone, financial services, growth, inflation, manufacturing, policy, Tariffs, Technology, trade, trade war, US, war, weapons

Europe needs to “stand ready for anything” including attempts to “use tariffs as a weapon” and  “blackmail” European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. Answering a question from lawmakers about the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

Ask not what the EU can do for markets — but what markets can do for the EU

by | Mar 20, 2025 | Americas, banks, Capital markets, Central Banker, Companies, competitiveness, Crisis, culture, Defense, Eurozone, finance, financial services, growth, investment, Markets, negotiations, Pensions, policy, security, Single Market, Tanks, tax, US, war

BRUSSELS — This week, Europe faces a pivotal test. The continent’s growth engine is sputtering, and its decades-old security architecture is being torn up. As the world shifts beneath its feet, the European Union is not only striving to defend itself but also...