This article is published in association with United Nations. A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council. The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, […]US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
June 5, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council. The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, […]US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen
May 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. Ambassadors were briefed by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, who commended Oman for […]US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
May 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of large numbers of non-nationals from the United States, particularly to third countries. His Office, OHCHR, has received information that over 100 Venezuelan deportees are being detained at a notorious prison in […]UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
May 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United States’ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, will slash critical health services for women and girls worldwide, the agency warned on Friday. In a statement, UNFPA said the move – which invokes a 1985 legal provision known as the Kemp-Kasten […]50 year anniversary of China-EU relations: why the EU should care much more
May 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
2025 marks 50 years of official diplomatic relations between the European Union and China and the Chinese Mission organized this week in Brussels a large reception to celebrate and meet the European counterparts. The event coincided with the positive news that China lifted the 2021 sanctions against MEPs, an act of reciprocation on the EU’s […]Commission consults on possible countermeasures and readies WTO litigation in response to US tariffs
May 8, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a list of US imports which could become subject to EU countermeasures, if ongoing EU-US negotiations do not result in a mutually beneficial outcome and the removal of the US tariffs. The list put to […]EU pauses countermeasures against US tariffs to allow space for negotiations
April 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Union has paused its countermeasures on unjustified US trade tariffs to allow time and space for EU-US negotiations. The pause was first announced by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last week, and takes legal effect tomorrow. The decision – which puts on […]US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist
April 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday. “There will be shifting, I think, in supply […]Statement by President von der Leyen on US tariffs
April 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. I welcome President Trump’s announcement to pause reciprocal tariffs. It’s an important step towards stabilising the global economy. Clear, predictable conditions are essential for trade and supply chains to function. Tariffs are taxes that only hurt businesses and consumers. That’s why I’ve consistently advocated […]Spare developing countries from new US tariffs: UN trade chief
April 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As governments and global markets struggle to deal with the deep concerns and disruptions caused by volatility overtrade tariffs, Rebeca Grynspan, the head of the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD), told UN News on Thursday that the poorest countries – whose activities have a negligible effect […]Commission proposal to impose trade countermeasures against US obtains necessary support from EU Member States
April 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, EU Member States have voted in favour of the European Commission’s proposal to introduce trade countermeasures against the United States. The Commission’s proposal was made in response to the March decision by the US to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium […]World News in Brief: Nobody wins trade wars Guterres warns, WFP alert over US funding cuts, ‘modern slavery’ must be eradicated says Yang
April 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday warned that when it comes to trade wars, “nobody wins” and “everybody tends to lose.” António Guterres was responding to a journalist at the stakeout in UN Headquarters in New York, who asked him for reaction to the recent decision by United […]MEPs travel to Washington DC to discuss transatlantic relations with US counterparts
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States will travel to the US capital from Wednesday to Friday for talks with representatives of the US Congress. The visit by MEPs takes place against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement […]Liberation Day or Return to the Middle Ages? Trump bends it like the infamous President Hoover of the 1930s Great Depression
April 3, 2025 by 2 Comments
As we write distinctly from most of the outlets out there, we won’t start with the elephant in the room, the tariffs. We will start instead with the last scene of yesterday’s “Liberation Day” promulgation of the notorious Trump administration. He rambled on and he propagated infinite trade wars for an hour with his long […]Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?
March 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The word “tariff” has been catapulted from the business pages to the headlines over the last few months, as major economies impose or threaten them on other nations. But tariffs are not just a blunt weapon to be used in geopolitical brinkmanship: they can, if used effectively, […]MAGA My God: Trump’s full trade war against China, EU, Canada, Mexico, you name it
March 14, 2025 by 1 Comment
Bang, the new US administration recently launched 25% tariffs on EU steel and aluminium, almost everything imported from Canada and Mexico as well as 20% on Chinese imports. The Wall Street stock exchange felt its worst day last Monday with investors in panic after Trump’s promulgation of trade wars against everybody. MAGA (Make America Great […]Press statement by President von der Leyen with Commissioner Šefčovič on EU countermeasures to US tariffs
March 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. President von der Leyen: The trade relations between the European Union and the United States are the biggest in the world. They have brought prosperity and security to millions of people. And trade has created millions of good jobs on both sides of the […]Commission responds to unjustified US steel and aluminium tariffs with countermeasures
March 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In response to the imposition of new, unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU. The Commission regrets the US decision to impose such tariffs, considering them unjustified, disruptive […]EU countermeasures on US steel and aluminium tariffs explained
March 12, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 12 March, the United States imposed tariffs of up to 25% on imports of steel, aluminium, and certain products containing steel and aluminium from the European Union and other trading partners. In response, the Commission is launching a series of countermeasures to protect […]US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
March 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding by the United States will have devastating consequences for millions of vulnerable people worldwide. “These cuts impact a wide range of critical programmes,” he told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New […]US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
February 28, 2025 by 7 Comments
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, it was confirmed on Thursday, leading to potentially “devasting impacts”, on women and girls. “At 7pm on 26 February, UNFPA was informed that nearly all of our grants […]New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze is taking on the global AIDS response, according to a new situation report released on Wednesday by the UN agency charged with responding to the disease. UNAIDS […]Questions and Answers on the US reciprocal tariff policy
February 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. What is the current value of EU-US trade and investment? Does the EU have a trade surplus vis-à-vis the US? When goods and services are taken into account, the EU has a small surplus with the US of €48 billion; this is the equivalent […]Statement by the European Commission on potential imposition of US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium
February 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. At this stage, we have not received any official notification regarding the imposition of additional tariffs on EU goods. We will not respond to broad announcements without details or written clarification. The EU sees no justification for the imposition of tariffs on its exports. […]International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions move
February 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday condemned an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump imposing punitive sanctions, countering that the order sought to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work.” The court was established by the Rome Statute, negotiated within the UN – […]US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS
February 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday. The waiver allows the continuation or resumption of “life-saving humanitarian assistance” […]US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
February 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to grassroots humanitarian funding by the incoming US administration and reiterated calls for Washington to retain its position as a global aid leader. The development follows the pause announced to billions of […]UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday’s emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide. The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate […]Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days. President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which […]UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate change agreement
January 22, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to curb global warming. “The WHO regrets the announcement […]US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education
January 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based protections in education. Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by the Kentucky court declaring the US […]Rutte to MEPs: “We are safe now, we might not be safe in five years”
January 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Monday afternoon, MEPs discussed the security situation in Europe and beyond as well as defence and EU-NATO cooperation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In his first public discussion with MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Parliament’s […]US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court
January 13, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged the United States Senate to oppose a bill seeking to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and cut funding to the UN-backed tribunal, in response to its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. The […]
