The European Union will not receive a letter from the United States setting out higher tariffs, EU sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, and is eyeing possible exemptions from the U.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament on Thursday, brought by mainly far-right lawmakers who alleged she and her team undermined trust in the EU through unlawful actions.

The pause on the biggest of Trump's tariffs won't pass this week, as planned, but the problems they present still loom large.

The European Union may be nearing a trade agreement with the United States but is struggling to obtain immediate tariff relief and a commitment not to introduce new measures, the head of the European Parliament's trade committee said on Wednesday.

Trump slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country would respond.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), a Swedish company, repeatedly cautioned this year that any US tariffs on European imports could affect its profit margins by around one percentage

The Polish deputy prime minister is asking the EU to investigate Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into the X social media platform.

President Donald Trump has sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners in his first batch of import tax announcements of the day.