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Von der Leyen touts new plan to break ties with China on critical materials

The European Commission will present a new plan to break the EU’s dependencies on China for critical raw materials, President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Saturday. The EU executive chief warned

China tightens its rare earth choke hold on Europe 

BRUSSELS — As Beijing further weaponizes its control over the flow of minerals that Western countries need for their green, defense and digital ambitions, Europe has to face an uncomfortable truth: It

The Turnberry trap: Trump, Europe and global reordering

Robert Benson is the associate director for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress. History will likely remember the U.S.–EU Turnberry trade deal less for its technicalities than

European Socialists mobilize against Trump’s trade deal 

BRUSSELS — The next obstacle to the trade deal between the European Union and the United States won’t come from the Oval Office — but rather from the second-biggest party in the

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