In his first term, Trump also targeted the alcohol industry. A series of tit-for-tat tariffs hit alcohol products in the U.S. and the EU. The Biden administration suspended those tariffs, but now the industry is once again in the crosshairs. The industry has still been recovering from that first tariff spat.

President Donald Trump is threatening a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey.

President Trump says the US will speak to the Russian leader about “power plants” and “dividing up certain assets” in Ukraine talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.

President Trump said negotiators have begun discussing the division of assets between Russia and Ukraine in an effort to bring to an end the war.

BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday (Mar 17) warned that President Donald Trump's freeze on US-funded media outlets, including Radio Free Europe, risked "benefitting our common adversaries". Trump's administra

EU powers said on Monday they would try to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under communism during the Cold War - but warned they might struggle to replace funding cut by Donald Trump.

The US president signed an executive order on Friday to stop funding the American global broadcaster, following criticism from Elon Musk.