Challenge for Armin Laschet, who takes over as head of Merkel's party, will be to offer continuity while carving his own path with an eye on the September elections.
Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the Brexit trade agreement 'gives us a strong platform to look forward optimistically and put the divisions of the past behind us'.
The European Union is pushing for speed after national leaders have struggled to explain to residents why they’re still waiting for shots already being rolled out in the US and UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that 'it is responsible at this point to go the extra mile.'
EU negotiators suspect the UK is waiting for a moment of crisis and they are bracing for the tone of the talks to get worse before an agreement is reached.
Trump says WTO has been bad for the US, but economists generally believe that trade and its expansion post-World War 2 has produced large net benefits for the US & the world.
The plan that Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron had come up with would mean a historic step forward for the European project if they could pull it off.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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