Recent Posts

Italy summons French envoy over migrant ship

Bloomberg Italy’s foreign minister summoned the French ambassador to Rome in an escalating row over the Italian government’s decision to block access for a migrant rescue ship. Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi summoned the ambassador to a morning meeting “following the statements made yesterday in Paris on the Aquarius affair,” his ministry said. French President Emmanuel Macron said that Italy ...

Read More »

German diplomat calls on Europe to fill void left by US

Bloomberg German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on European nations to unite and fill the void left by the US drawback from global agreements that have underpinned the trans-Atlantic relationship for decades. “Under President Trump, the Atlantic has gotten wider. Trump’s isolationist policy has created a worldwide vacuum — that one can especially feel after the G-7,” Maas said. “The ...

Read More »

Trump got trade right at the G-7: All tariffs must go

President Donald Trump’s unexpected call to remove all trade barriers didn’t gain much traction with other Group of Seven (G-7) leaders, perhaps because they were fuming about the US president’s behaviour during the summit in Canada this weekend. But a partial implementation of the idea would be a good way to defuse the brewing trade war without preventing nations from ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend