Johann Wadephul

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Europe’s trade showdown with China: from EV tariffs to Macron’s tariff threat

Berlin joined France in October 2026 in pressing for a new EU trade-defence tool; his December 2025 Beijing trip preceded the interim deal

In October 2026, the EU and China defused the trade war that Emmanuel Macron threatened in December 2025. The interim deal caps Chinese hybrid and plug-in hybrid car exports to Europe at 350,000 a year for four years. China, in turn, will cut tariffs on €4 billion of European goods from January 2027 and fast-track rare-earth export licences for EU buyers.

Updated Nov 2

Trump’s 2025 national security strategy revives Monroe Doctrine and pivots U.S. power to the Americas

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As of May 2026: Prominent European critic of the NSS’s rhetoric on civilizational decline

On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration released a 33-page National Security Strategy declaring a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The document formally revives the 19th-century idea of the Western Hemisphere as a U.S. sphere of influence and promises to reassert American preeminence across the Americas.

Updated May 10

Notable Quotes

The United States is and will remain our most important ally in the NATO alliance. But questions like freedom of expression, freedom of opinion and how we organize our liberal society are not part of that.

from Trump’s 2025 national security strategy revives Monroe Doctrine and pivots U.S. power to the Americas · Updated May 10

We also don't think that anyone needs to give us any advice on this.

from Trump’s 2025 national security strategy revives Monroe Doctrine and pivots U.S. power to the Americas · Updated May 10