BusinessEurope (BE) is active on almost all issues of interest to industry. It has  an unquestionable impact on not just EU laws – big and small – but on the development of the European project as a whole.

Although different industries had huge amounts at stake economically, they were nowhere near the final talks at Trump’s Scottish golf course. WHY????

Author : Peter Chase, a former US diplomat and Vice President for Europe of the US Chamber of Commerce

The US-EU trade deal announced on July 28 lifts tariffs on most European exports to the US to 15% from a present average of 1.2%, the highest level in decades. Europe will not raise its tariffs and is expected to reduce them.

Europe no longer has the means to wage a trade war. The European Union is incapable of producing an alternative, particularly in terms of technology and electronics. This is a huge admission of weakness, but Europe can no longer tolerate or therefore engage in a trade war with the United States. It is a triumph of fear and fragmentation

Learn from John Wayne

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 The West is threatened by Russian hybrid threats … everything from meddling in political processes, (undermining) the trust in  political institutions, disinformation, cyber-attacks (…) and sabotage actions against critical infrastructure

Is Israel dictating American foreign policy as President Donald Trump weighs military action against Iran. People should be truthful with each other, particularly in tough decisions. That's what allies do. Allies don't manipulate and don't inextricably draw people into situations from which the other party has to get them out of. Netanyahu plays Trump like a fiddle to get desired policy outcome. He managed to lure Trump from diplomacy planting the seeds of war within his administration- likely with the support of some within  it.

The concept of anticipatory or pre-emptive self-defence that is, the right to resort to force for the purpose of self-defence before an armed attack has taken place or in order to prevent a potential attack constitutes a controversial discussion among international lawyers and legal scholars.

Western support for Israel’s right to strike Iran backs up a pattern of “pre-emptive” violence that is further eroding international law and the rules-based order put in place in the wake of World War II, ushering in a “law of the jungle” in which might takes precedence over right – with dire consequences for global stability and co-operation.