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Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still. In its first two years in office, the administration of US President Barack Obama was...

Even with more money from the EU, the International Monetary Fund will need to look for money from elsewhere if it is to help the eurozone's struggling economies. Christine...

Van Rompuy and Barroso will meet Obama; integration and situation in north Africa on agenda. The eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and efforts to contain it will top the agenda...

Even the US public is paying attention to the eurozone crisis. But will the US's and EU's shared problems prompt joint initiatives? Washington, DC hosts the US-EU summit on...

The eurozone crisis confirms many of the Obama administration's instincts about today's world order. The administration of US President Barack Obama cannot escape Europe. The...

A new survey shows that Americans view Asian countries, not European ones, as the most important partners for the US. Europeans who found themselves discounted and ignored a...

The EU and the US both need reform if they are to avoid a perfect economic storm. In the past few weeks, both Europeans and Americans have faced a perfect storm: debt...

Never mind another recession. What Europe (and the world) faces is something much more sinister and catastrophic. Christine Lagarde, until recently the finance minister of...

US efforts to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership provide a unique opportunity for the European Union. With a US Congressional vote on trade deals with South Korea, Colombia...

China's unusually maladroit international performance has raised the stakes for President Hu Jintao. President Hu Jintao will travel to the United States for his third...

From dealing with a national tragedy to annoying Obama, who shone, and who stank, during the year. The year's end is time to offer bouquets and brickbats to the stars and...

How co-operation on humanitarian and development aid could give some purpose to EU-US summits. Enthusiasm for EU-US summits has long been on the wane in Washington, DC. In...

Europeans are about to discover just how much US elections affect them. American voters have spoken. And, in a tidal wave, the Republicans have won an overwhelming majority...

The new Hungarian government's policy of friendliness in all directions is already having an effect. Amid all the worries and irritation elsewhere, the bright spot in...

Foreign policy chief 'closely involved' in talks, despite being in China. Officials say Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, will ensure that the EU remains...

EU-US summit to take place in Lisbon on sidelines of NATO summit. Barack Obama, the US president, is to meet the leaders of the European Union in Lisbon in November on the...

De Almeida "first" EU ambassador under Lisbon João Vale de Almeida yesterday (10 August) presented Barack Obama, the president of the United States, with his credentials as...

The more one thinks about the US-Russian spy swap, the odder everything about the public story becomes. Amateur and professional watchers of the intelligence world are...

Why we are setting ourselves up for another boom based on excessive risk-taking at the heart of the world's financial system. Opinion is sharply divided about how the next...

Looking at the role of banks in politics in the years before the financial crisis. Economic policy is too often seen through the prism of high politics. This book reminds us...